Geochemistry of marine sediments

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Burdige, David Jay, 1956-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780691216096
0691216096
069109506X
9780691095066
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 609 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The components of marine sediments
  • Isotope geochemistry
  • Physical properties of sediments
  • An introduction to transport processes in sediments
  • Models of sediment diagenesis
  • Biogeochemical processes in sediments
  • Quantifying carbon and nutrient remineralization
  • An introduction to the organic geochemistry
  • Dissolved organic matter in marine sediments
  • Linking sediment organic geochemistry and sediment diagenesis
  • Processes at the sediment-water interface
  • Biogeochemical processes in pelagic (deep-sea) sediments
  • Nonsteady-state processes in marine sediments
  • The controls on organic carbon preservation in marine sediments
  • Biogeochemical processes in continental margin sediments
  • Biogeochemical processes in continental margin sediments
  • Linking sediment processes to global elemental cycles: authigenic clay mineral formation and reverse weathering.