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Environmental Geochemistry

A Holistic Approach

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  • © 1980

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Authors:
  1. John A. C. Fortescue

    1. Environmental Trace Substances Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

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Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 35)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. General Overview

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      Pages 3-5

    3. Outline of Historical Development of Geochemistry

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      Pages 7-17

    4. A Philosophy for Environmental Geochemistry

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      Pages 19-27

    5. Other Approaches to Environmental Geochemistry

      • John A. C. Fortescue
      Pages 29-40

  3. The Basics of the Discipline of Landscape Geochemistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Definitions of Concepts and Principles

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      Pages 43-49

    3. Element Abundance

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      Pages 51-78

    4. Element Migration in Landscapes

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      Pages 79-93

    5. Geochemical Flows in Landscapes

      • John A. C. Fortescue
      Pages 95-108

    6. Geochemistry Gradients

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      Pages 109-121

    7. Geochemical Barriers

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      Pages 123-132

    8. Historical Geochemistry

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      Pages 133-153

    9. Geochemical Landscape Classification

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      Pages 155-171

    10. Chemical Complexity and Landscape Geochemistry

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      Pages 173-190

    11. Scientific Effort and Landscape Geochemistry

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      Pages 191-212

    12. Space and Landscape Geochemistry

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      Pages 213-227

    13. Time and Landscape Geochemistry

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      Pages 229-246

    14. Landscape Geochemistry as a Totality

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      Pages 247-252
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About this book

It is the policy of the federal Canadian Forestry Service to sponsor research initiatives from the private sector that are judged to be pertinent to its mandate and offer particular promise towards the optimal management of Canadian forest resources. This book is based on such an initiative. It represents the philosophy of the author himself and is in no way constrained by the views of the sponsoring agency. Over the past two decades Dr J. A. C. Fortescue has become well known at a number of research centers throughout the world. He has pioneered the approach to environmental understanding that is comprehensively developed in this text. The limitations of traditional compartmentalized approaches are depre­ cated and the case is made for a holistic rethinking of basic concepts and princi­ ples. Landscape Geochemistry is the disciplinary outcome that gives expression to this rethinking. It may be viewed as the minimum scale of conceptual approach necessary in the environmental sciences to solve present-day problems and to exploit future opportunities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Environmental Trace Substances Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA

    John A. C. Fortescue

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Geochemistry

  • Book Subtitle: A Holistic Approach

  • Authors: John A. C. Fortescue

  • Series Title: Ecological Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6045-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-6047-9Published: 23 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-6045-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0070-8356

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-971X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 342

  • Topics: Ecology, Mineralogy

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