Research Catalog

Title

Earth system science : from biogeochemical cycles to global change / Michael C. Jacobson [and others].

Publication

San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©2000.

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Additional Authors

Jacobson, Michael C.

Description

xiv, 527 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm

Series Statement

International geophysics series ; v. 72

Uniform Title

International geophysics series ; v. 72.

Alternative Title

• From biogeochemical cycles to global change
• Global biogeochemical cycles.

Subject

• Biogeochemical cycles
• Environmental geochemistry
• Global environmental change
• Earth sciences
• earth sciences
• Biogeochemie
• Geowissenschaften
• Kreislauf
• Umwelt
• Biogeochemie
• Cycli (geneeskunde; biologie)
• Klimaatveranderingen
• BIOCHEMISTRY
• CYCLES
• ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
• GEOCHEMISTRY
• ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS
• EARTH SCIENCES
• Sciences de la Terre

Note

• Erratum slip inserted.
• First ed. issued as: Global biogeochemical cycles / edited by Samuel S. Butcher ... [et al.]. London ; San Diego : Academic Press, c1992. (International geophysics series ; v. 50).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Basic Concepts for Earth System Science -- Introduction: Biogeochemical Cycles as Fundamental Constructs for Studying Earth System Science and Global Change -- History -- Evidence for the Coupled Nature of the Earth System -- Philosophy of Using the Cycle Approach to Describe Natural Systems on Earth -- Reservoir Models and Cycles -- Some Definitions -- The Philosophy of Integration as a Basis for Understanding the Earth System -- The Limitations and Challenges of Understanding Earth Systems -- The Origin and Early Evolution of the Earth -- Pre-Solar Evolution: The Origin of the Elements -- The Origin of the Solar System -- Condensation -- Accretion of the Planets -- Early Evolution of the Earth -- Earth and the Development of Life -- Evolution and the Biosphere -- The Origin of Life on Earth -- The Machinery of Life -- Evolutionary Mechanisms -- The Diversity of Living Organisms -- The Ecological Organization of the Living World -- The Impact of Life on Biogeochemical Cycles -- How Biogeochemical Cycles Affect Life -- Modeling Biogeochemical Cycles -- Time Scales and Single Reservoir Systems -- Coupled Reservoirs -- Fluxes Influenced by the Receiving Reservoir -- Coupled Cycles -- Forward and Inverse Modeling -- High-Resolution Models -- Transport Processes -- Time Scales of Mixing in the Atmosphere and Oceans -- Equilibrium, Rate, and Natural Systems -- Thermodynamics -- Oxidation and Reduction -- Chemical Kinetics -- Non-Equilibrium Natural Systems -- Properties of and Transfers between the Key Reservoirs.

ISBN

• 012379370X
• 9780123793706
• 9780080530642 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• ocm42954815
• 42954815
• SCSB-1239438

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library