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Marine Geochemistry

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  • © 1990

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  1. Roy Chester

    1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 1-7

  4. The Global Journey: The Ocean Reservoir

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193
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    2. Descriptive oceanography: water column parameters

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 195-232

    3. Dissolved gases in sea water

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 233-271

    4. Nutrients, organic carbon and the carbon cycle in sea water

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 272-320

    5. Particulate material in the oceans

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 321-345

    6. Trace elements in the oceans

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 346-421

    7. Down-column fluxes and the benthic boundary layer

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 422-438

  5. The Global Journey: Material Sinks

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 439-439
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    2. Marine sediments

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 441-467

    3. Sediment interstitial waters and diagenesis

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 468-528

    4. The components of marine sediments

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 529-593

    5. Unscrambling the sediment-forming chemical signals

      • Roy Chester
      Pages 594-659
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The past two or three decades have seen many important advances in our knowledge of the chemistry, physics, geology and biology of the oceans. It has also become apparent that in order to understand the manner in which the oceans work as a 'chemical system', it is necessary to use a framework which takes account of these interdisciplinary advances. Marine geochemistry has been written in response to the need for a single state-of-the-art text that addresses the subject of treating the sea water, sediment and rock reservoirs as a unified system. In taking this approach, a process-orientated framework has been adopted in which the emphasis is placed on identifying key processes operating within the 'unified ocean'. In doing this, particular attention has been paid to making the text accessible to students from all disciplines in such a way that future advances can readily be understood. I would like to express my thanks to those people who have helped with the writing of this volume. In particular, I wish to put on record my sincere appreciation of extremely helpful suggestions made by Professor John Edmond, FRS. In addition, I thank Dr S. Rowlatt for his comments on the sections covering the geochemistry of oceanic sediments, and Dr G. Wolff for his invaluable advice on the organic geochemistry of biota, water and sediments. It is a great pleasure to acknowledge the help of Dr K. J. T.

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  • Department of Earth Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK

    Roy Chester

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