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Physical and Chemical Weathering in Geochemical Cycles

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Editors:
  1. A. Lerman

    1. Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

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  2. M. Meybeck

    1. Institut de Biogéochimie Marine, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Montrouge, France

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 251)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Weathering Rates and Major Transport Processes an Introduction

    • Abraham Lerman
    Pages 1-10

  3. Rate Control of Weathering of Silicate Minerals at Room Temperature and Pressure

    • Roland Wollast, Lei Chou
    Pages 11-32

  4. Microbial Weathering Processes in Natural Environments

    • J. Berthelin
    Pages 33-59

  5. Paleosols and the Evolution of the Atmosphere: Part I

    • H. D. Holland, E. A. Zbinden
    Pages 61-82

  6. Slope Erosion and Mass Movement in Relation to Weathering in Geochemical Cycles

    • Olav Slaymaker
    Pages 83-111

  7. Loess—Its Formation, Transport and Economic Significance

    • John A. Catt
    Pages 113-142

  8. Lake Sediments as Indicators of Changes in Land Erosion Rates

    • R. L. Thomas
    Pages 143-164

  9. Movement and Storage of Sediment in River Systems

    • Robert H. Meade
    Pages 165-179

  10. Influence of Acid Rain on Weathering Rates

    • Richard F. Wright
    Pages 181-196

  11. Freshwater Carbon and the Weathering Cycle

    • Stephan Kempe
    Pages 197-223

  12. Weathering and Erosion in the Humid Tropics

    • Robert F. Stallard
    Pages 225-246

  13. How to Establish and Use World Budgets of Riverine Materials

    • Michel Meybeck
    Pages 247-272

  14. Transport and Deposition of Suspended Matter in Estuaries and the Nearshore Sea

    • D. Eisma
    Pages 273-298

  15. Riverborne Materials and the Continent-Ocean Interface

    • J. D. Burton
    Pages 299-321

  16. Strontium Storage and Release During Deposition and Diagenesis of Marine Carbonates Related to Sea-Level Variations

    • S. O. Schlanger
    Pages 323-339

  17. Sediment Cycling During Earth History

    • R. M. Garrels
    Pages 341-355

  18. Solid Earth as a Recycling System: Temporal Dimensions of Global Tectonics

    • Ján Veizer
    Pages 357-372

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 373-375
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

    A. Lerman

  • Institut de Biogéochimie Marine, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Montrouge, France

    M. Meybeck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physical and Chemical Weathering in Geochemical Cycles

  • Editors: A. Lerman, M. Meybeck

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3071-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2821-0Published: 30 November 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7881-8Published: 17 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3071-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 376

  • Topics: Geochemistry, Hydrogeology, Soil Science & Conservation

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