Jacobson, Michael C

Earth system science: from biogeochemical cycles to global change/ Michael C Jacobson, Robert J. Charlson, Henning Rodhe and Gorden H. Orians - Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. - xi, 527 p.

1. Introduction: Biogeochemical Cycles as Fundamental Constructs for Studying Earth System Science and Global Change; 2. The Origin and Early Evolution of the Earth; 3. Evolution and the Biosphere; 4. Modeling Biogeochemical Cycles; 5. Equilibrium, Rate, and Natural Systems; ; Part Two: Properties of and Transfers between the Key Reservoirs; 6. Water and the Hydrosphere; 7. The Atmosphere; 8. Soils, Watershed Processes, and Marine Sediments; 9. Tectonic Processes and Erosion; 10. The Oceans; ; Part Three: Biogeochemical Cycles; 11. The Global Carbon Cycle; 12. The Nitrogen Cycle; 13. The Sulfur Cycle; 14. The Phosphorus Cycle; 15. Trace Metals. Part Four: Integration; 16. Acid-Base & Oxidation-Reduction Balances of the Earth; 17. The Coupling of Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate: Forcings, Feedbacks, and Responses; 18. Ice Sheets & the Ice-Core Record of Climate Change; 19. Human Modification of the Earth System: Global Change

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Biogeochemical cycles--Environmental geochemistry
Global environmental change--Earth sciences-Global temperature changes

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