Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction
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Beschreibung
Systems at the surface of the Earth are continually responding to energy inputs derived from solar radiation or from the radiogenic heat in the interior. These energy inputs drive plate movements and erosion, exposing metastable mineral phases at the Earth’s surface. In addition, these energy fluxes are harvested and transformed by living organisms. As long as these processes persist, chemical disequilibrium at the Earth’s surface will be perpetuated. Chemical disequilibrium is also driven by human activities related to production of food, extraction of water and energy resources, and burial of wastes. To understand how the surface of the Earth will change over time, we must understand the rates at which reactions occur and the chemical feedbacks that relate these reactions across extreme temporal and spatial scales. This book addresses fundamental and applied questions concerning the rates of water-rock interactions driven by tectonic, climatic, and anthropogenic forcings.
Geochemical kinetics as a topic is now of importance to a wide range of geochemists in academia, industry, and government, and all geochemists need a rudimentary knowledge of the field. This book summarizes the fundamentals of geochemical kinetics with examples drawn especially from mineral dissolution and precipitation. It also encompasses discussion of high temperature processes and global geochemical cycle modeling. Analysis of textures of rocks, sediments, and mineral surfaces are incorporated throughout and provide a sub-theme of the book. This volume has textbook potential among upper division undergraduate and graduate students. The book will also be useful as a reference tool for practicing geochemists.
All practitioners of geochemistry today need a thorough understanding of kinetics, including those in academia, government, and industry Will have textbook potential among upper division undergraduate and graduate students. The book will also be useful as a reference tool for practicing geochemists focussed on water-rock interaction, which has wide applications for hyrogeochemists, soil scientists, petrologists, economic geologists, and environment geologists in academia, industry, and applied laboratories
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Susan Brantley
Themen in »Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction«
Desorption Dissolution Helium-Atom-Streuung Kinetics Mineral Oxide Rock Sediment chemistry geochemistry metal oxidation surface temperature transport