Medienkombination, Englisch, 1557 Seiten, Buch mit Online-Zugang, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth
Medienkombination, Englisch, 1557 Seiten, Buch mit Online-Zugang, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
ISBN: 978-3-319-39313-1
Verlag: Springer
Geochemistry applies chemical techniques and approaches to understanding the Earth and how it works. It touches upon almost every aspect of earth science, ranging from applied topics such as the search for energy and mineral resources, environmental pollution, and climate change to more basic questions such as the Earth’s origin and composition, the origin and evolution of life, rock weathering and metamorphism, and the pattern of ocean and mantle circulation. Geochemistry allows us to assign absolute ages to events in Earth’s history, to trace the flow of ocean water both now and in the past, trace sediments into subduction zones and arc volcanoes, and trace petroleum to its source rock and ultimately the environment in which it formed. The earliest of evidence of life is provided by chemical and isotopic traces, not fossils, preserved in rocks. Geochemistry has allowed us to unravel the history of the ice ages and thereby deduce their cause. Geochemistry allows us to determine the swings in Earth’s surface temperatures during the ice ages, determine the temperatures and pressures at which rocks have been metamorphosed, and the rates at which ancient magma chambers cooled and crystallized. The field has grown rapidly more sophisticated, in both analytical techniques that can determine elemental concentrations or isotope ratios with exquisite precision and in computational modeling on scales ranging from atomic to planetary.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
- Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
- Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Technologien für Fossile Energieträger
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
- Geowissenschaften Geologie Geochemie
Weitere Infos & Material
Ab Initio Calculations.- Acid-Base Reactions.- Activation Energy, Activation Enthalpy, Activation Volume.- Activity and Activity Coefficients.- Analytical Techniques.- Antimony.- Aqueous Solutions.- Arsenic.- Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.- Banded Iron Formations (BIFs).- Cadmium.- Chelation.- Chemical Bonds.- Chromium.- Clay Membranes.- Clay Minerals.- Colloids.- Complexes .- Critical Points.- Debye-Hückel Equation.- Density Functional Theory.- Diagenesis.- Differential Thermal Analysis and Scanning Calorimetry.- etc.