Marra Hot Carbon

Carbon-14 and a Revolution in Science
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-54678-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 100 Seiten

There are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. In Hot Carbon, John F. Marra tells the untold story of this scientific revolution, weaving together the workings of the many disciplines that employ carbon-14 with gripping tales of the individuals who pioneered its possibilities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marra, John F.

Marra, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue: Aboard the Research Vessel Endeavor, South of Iceland, May 1991
1. Discovery
2. Discovery’s Wake
3. The “Invisible Phenomenon”
4. Dating
5. Photosynthesis
6. Calvin’s Cycle
7. Scintillations and Accelerations
8. The Shroud of Turin and Other Relics
9. Ocean Circulation
10. Carbon-14 in the Ocean
11. Ocean Fertility
12. Resolution: Plankton Rate Processes in Oligotrophic Oceans
13. Carbon-14 and Climate
Epilogue
Appendix 1. List of Nobel Prize Winners Mentioned
Appendix 2. The Periodic Table of Elements
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marra John F.:
John F. Marra is a Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, and Director of Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center at Brooklyn College. Previously, Marra was a research scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, from 1977 to 2007. In 2001, he was appointed Associate Director for the Division of Biology and Paleoenvironement at Lamont. He has published over 140 scholarly articles. This is his first book.John F. Marra is professor of earth and environmental sciences and director of the Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center at Brooklyn College. He was previously a research scientist and associate director of the Division of Biology and Paleoenvironment at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.