Geochemistry and the Biosphere Essays.

This new volume introduces the Russian-Ukrainian scientist Vladimir I. Vernadsky, largely known in Eastern Europe through his groundbreaking 1926 monograph, The Biosphere.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vernadsky, Vladimir I.
Otros Autores: Yanshin, Alexander, Salisbury, Frank B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: La Vergne : Synergetic Press, 2018.
Temas:
Biosphere.
Biogeochemistry.
Biosphère.
Biogéochimie.
Biogeochemistry
Biosphere
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Editor's foreword
  • Introduction by Academician Alexander Yanshin
  • essays on geochemistry
  • the history of geochemistry
  • 1 Geochemistry as a Science of the Twentieth Century
  • 2 Forms of Existence of Chemical Elements
  • chemical elements in the earth's crust
  • their forms of existence and classification
  • 1 Geochemistry Classification of Chemical Elements
  • 2 Forms of Existence of Chemical Elements
  • 3 Geochemistry of Iodine and Bromine
  • 4 Living Organisms in the Earth's Crust
  • 5 The History of Free Oxygen
  • 6 Living Matter
  • 7 Matter in a State of Dispersion
  • carbon and living matter in the earth's crust
  • 1 Carbon in Different Geospheres and Its Role
  • 2 The Stability of Carbon Minerals
  • 3 Dispersion of Carbides
  • 4 Primary Carbides
  • 5 Petroleum and Its Formation
  • 6 The Primary Geochemical Carbon Cycle
  • 7 Earth's Gases and Living Matter
  • 8 Living Matter and the Geochemical History of Carbon
  • 9 Spreading of Living Matter in the Biosphere and the Geochemical Importance of the Proliferation of Organisms
  • 10 The Quantity of Carbon in Living Matter
  • 11 The Constancy of the Mass of Living Matter
  • 12 Chemical Structure of the Earth's Crust
  • 13 Organisms: Concentrators of Chemical Elements
  • 14 Carbonic Acid as the Main Source of Carbon in Living Matter
  • 15 The Dynamic Balance of the Carbonic Acid in the Atmosphere
  • 16 The Cycle of Life
  • 17 Incomplete Reversibility of the Cycle of Life
  • 18 The Geological Cycle of Calcium Carbonate
  • 19 Redi's Principle
  • 20 The Energy of Living Matter and Carnot's Principle
  • 21 The Free Energy of the Biosphere and Living Matter
  • 22 Geochemical Activities of Man
  • the biosphere
  • The biosphere in the cosmos
  • The Biosphere in Its Cosmic Environment
  • The Biosphere as the Reason For the Transformation of Cosmic Energy
  • An Empirical Generalization and a Hypothesis
  • Living Matter in the Biosphere
  • Propagation of Organisms and Geochemical Energy of Living Matter
  • The Green Living Matter
  • Some Remarks on Living Matter in the Mechanism of the Biosphere
  • the domain of life
  • The Biosphere
  • the Earth's Envelope
  • The Living Matter of the First and the Second Order in the Biosphere
  • The Limits of Life
  • The Boundaries of Life in the Biosphere
  • Life in the Hydrosphere
  • Geochemical Cycle of Vital Aggregations and Living Films of the Hydrosphere
  • The Living Matter of the Land
  • The Interconnection of the Hydrosphere and the Terrestrial Vital Films
  • a few words about the noösphere

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