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Material Fluxes on the Surface of the Earth.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1900.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""STUDIES IN GEOPHYSICS""; ""Copyright""; ""Studies in Geophysics""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Overview""; ""KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESENT FLUX RATES OF GEOLOGIC MATERIALS""; ""RATES OF FLUX OF GEOLOGIC MATERIALS DURING THE MOST RECENT GLACIATION AND DEGLACIATION""; ""VARIABILITY OF SURFICIAL GEOFLUXES""; ""Temporal Variability""; ""Spatial Variability""; ""Rapid Change and Catastrophic Events""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""Processes in Shallow Water-Shelf Environments""; ""Distribution of Lithologies at the Surface""; ""Distribution of Sources and Sinks""; ""Rates""
- ""Expanded Time Scales for Processes/Fluxes""""Anthropogenic Influence""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Background""; ""1 Pleistocene-Holocene Fluxes Are Not the Earth's Norm""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""RECOGNITION, DEFINITION, AND LENGTH OF THE QUATERNARY AND HOLOCENE""; ""MASSES OF QUATERNARY AND HOLOCENE SEDIMENT""; ""PROCESS RATES""; ""LONG- AND SHORT-TERM APPARENT ACCUMULATION RATES OF QUATERNARY AND HOLOCENE SEDIMENT""; ""Deep-Sea Sediments""; ""Marginal Sea Sediments""; ""Continental Shelves""; ""Glacial Sediments on Land""; ""Nonglacial Continental Sediments""; ""DISCUSSION""; ""Sediment Cycling""
- ""The Effect of Glacial-Interglacial Alternations""""Increased Tectonic Activity""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""2 Surficial Weathering Fluxes and Their Geochemical Controls""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GLOBAL AND ZONAL WATER FLOWS""; ""Surficial Flows and Storage in Lakes""; ""Residence Times of Zonal Water Discharge""; ""Residence Times on a Global Scale""; ""Summary of Water Flows and Residence Times""; ""WEATHERING FLUX""; ""A Conceptual Mode""; ""Weathering Flux Equations""; ""Mineral Dissolution Rates (R)""
- ""HYDROGEN-ION AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF DISSOLUTION RATES""""The pH and Natural Acidity""; ""Temperature Effects on Dissolution Rates""; ""WEATHERING AND DISSOLUTION""; ""NEUTRALIZATION OF ACIDITY BY WEATHERING RELEASES""; ""Background�Alkalinity [Alk], Acidity [Acy], CO2, and pH""; ""SUMMARIZING DISCUSSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Global Chemical Weathering on Glacial Time Scales""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GLOBAL CHEMICAL WEATHERING""; ""Climate""; ""Erosional Area""; ""Rock Types Exposed""; ""Glacier Weathering and Erosion Processes""
- ""COUPLED CHANGES""""The Climate/Rock Type Connection""; ""Forest Coverage and Weathering""; ""Climate and Glacial Sediment Supply""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND CLIMATE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Origin and Variable Composition of Present Day Riverborne Material""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS CONTROLLING CHEMISTRY OF WATER AND SUSPENDED MATTER""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF RIVER WATER QUALITY""; ""CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION OF RIVERINE TRANSPORT RATES""; ""GLOBAL ORIGINS OF RIVERBORNE MATERIAL""; ""CONCLUSIONS""