Organic geochemistry of natural waters

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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3. Organic Carbon in Natural Waters: Amount, Origin, and Classification

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   2. Amount of Organic Carbon in Natural Waters

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   3. Transport, Origin and Source of Dissolved Organic Carbon

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      Pages 67-85

   4. Functional Groups of Dissolved Organic Carbon

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   5. Classification of Dissolved Organic Carbon

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4. Types and Amount of Dissolved Organic Compounds in Natural Waters

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   2. Carboxylic Acids and Phenols

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      Pages 113-150

   3. Amino Acids

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      Pages 151-180

   4. Carbohydrates

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      Pages 181-213

   5. Hydrocarbons

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      Pages 215-241

   6. Trace Compounds

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      Pages 243-271

   7. Aquatic Humic Substances

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5. Organic Processes, Reactions, and Pathways in Natural Waters

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   2. Geochemical Processes

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   3. Biochemical Processes

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6. Back Matter

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This book is written as a reference on organic substances in natural waters and as a supplementary text for graduate students in water chemistry. The chapters address five topics: amount, origin, nature, geochemistry, and characterization of organic carbon. Of these topics, the main themes are the amount and nature of dissolved organic carbon in natural waters (mainly fresh water, although seawater is briefly discussed). It is hoped that the reader is familiar with organic chemistry, but it is not necessary. The first part of the book is a general overview of the amount and general nature of dissolved organic carbon. Over the past 10 years there has been an exponential increase in knowledge on organic substances in water, which is the result of money directed toward the research of organic compounds, of new methods of analysis (such as gas chromatography and mass spectrometry), and most importantly, the result of more people working in this field. Because of this exponential increase in knowledge, there is a need to pull together and summarize the data that has accumulated from many disciplines over the last decade.

• Oxidation
• amino acid
• carbon
• chromatography
• chromium
• geochemistry
• metals
• spectroscopy

• United States Geological Survey, Denver, USA

  E. M. Thurman

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