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Noble Gas Geochemistry discusses the fundamental concepts of using noble gases to solve problems in the earth and planetary sciences. The discipline offers a powerful and unique tool in resolving problems such as the origin of the solar system, evolution of the planets, earth formation, mantle evolution and dynamics, atmospheric degassing and evolution, ocean circulation, dynamics of aquifer systems, and numerous applications to other geological problems. This book gives a comprehensive description of the physical chemistry and cosmochemistry of noble gases, before leading on to applications for problem-solving in the earth and planetary sciences. There have been many developments in the use of the noble gases since publication of the first edition of this book in 1983. This second edition has been fully revised and updated. The book will be invaluable to graduate students and researchers in the earth and planetary sciences who use noble gas geochemistry techniques.

Gases, Rare. --- Geochemistry. --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Elements, Inert --- Gases, Inert --- Gases, Noble --- Inert elements --- Inert gases --- Noble gases --- Rare gases --- Nonmetals

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Metamorphic rocks make up the largest volume of the Earth. They systematically change their mineralogical composition as a result of tecto-thermal events. The outstanding feature of the 7th edition of this book is the large number of phase diagrams showing the stability relations among minerals and groups of minerals found in metamorphic rocks. The diagrams help to determine the pressure and temperature conditions under which a given collected set of metamorphic rocks may have formed. More than half of the chapters have been completely rewritten or revised. All figures have been edited and improved and recent advances in the field such as multiequilibria thermobarometry and pseudosections were incorporated in the text. The bibliography has been revised and extended, new research publications have been included. Brief reviews of relevant software and web addresses for downloads have also been integrated in this new edition. Graduate students will find in depth information on the origin, significance and genesis of metamorphic rocks.

Metamorphic rocks. --- Rocks, Metamorphic. --- Metamorphic rocks --- Rocks, Metamorphic --- Rocks --- Geology. --- Mineralogy. --- Geochemistry. --- Geophysics. --- Geography. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geography, general. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Physical geology --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Natural history

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Soil Formation deals with qualitative and quantitative aspects of soil formation (or pedogenesis) and the underlying chemical, biological, and physical processes. The starting point of the text is the process - and not soil classification. Effects of weathering and new formation of minerals, mobilisation, transport, and breakdown or immobilisation of dissolved and suspended compounds are discussed. Soil processes and profiles are discussed in relation to the landscape, the geosphere, and the biosphere. Emphasis lies on the universality of soil-forming processes in past and present, and on the soil as a dynamic entity that forms part of the total environment. Complexity of genetic processes in time and space is given much attention. The text gives many examples from literature and places some in a new light. The reader is guided through the subject matter by a large number of questions and problems to help understand and synthesis the material. Answers to all questions are included. This second edition has been updated to reflect recent discoveries. Printing errors have been corrected, and new photographs support the text.

Soil formation --- Soil formation. --- Sols --- Formation --- EPUB-LIV-FT SPRINGER-B --- Environment. --- Geochemistry. --- Soil science. --- Soil conservation. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Agriculture --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Formation, Soil --- Pedogenesis --- Soil genesis --- Weathering

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Modern Biogeochemistry is aimed to generalize modern ideas of biogeochemical developments during the last decades. It is designed to support a general course in biogeochemistry, and as such, is likely to have a broad market among the many universities and colleges that are adding such courses to their curricula. This book aims to supplement the existing textbooks by providing modern understanding of biogeochemistry, from evolutionary biogeochemistry to practical applications of biogeochemical ideas such as human biogeochemistry, biogeochemical standards and biogeochemical technologies. To a certain extent this textbook is a summary of both scientific results of various authors and classes in biogeochemistry, that have been given to students by authors during the last 5 to 10 years at different universities throughout the world such as Cornell, Moscow, Seoul and Bangkok. Biogeochemistry is becoming an increasingly popular subject for graduate and postgraduate education. Courses in ecology, geography, biology, chemistry, environmental science, public health and environmental engineering all tend to have a biogeochemical component in their syllabuses to a greater or lesser extent.

Earth sciences. --- Physical chemistry. --- Geochemistry. --- Public health. --- Ecology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Physical Chemistry. --- Public Health. --- Ecology . --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Chemistry, Theoretical --- Physical chemistry --- Theoretical chemistry --- Chemistry --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Earth sciences --- Ecology --- Biogeochemistry. --- Biogeochemical cycles. --- Biogeochemistry --- Cycles --- Biochemistry --- Geochemistry

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"This water" he told me, "runs out to the eastern region, and flows into the Arabah; and when it comes into the sea, into the sea of foul waters [i. e. , the Dead Sea], the water will become wholesome. Every living creature that swarms will be able to live wherever this stream goes; the fish will be very abundant once these waters have reached there. It will be wholesome, and everything will live wherever this stream goes. Fishermen shall stand beside it all the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it shall be a place for drying nets; and the fish will be of various kinds [and] most plentiful, like the fish of the Great Sea. " Ezekiel’s prophecy (Ezekiel 47: 8-10) for revival and purification of the Dead Sea waters This new book on "Halophilic Microorganisms and their Environments" is the fifth volume in the COLE series (Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats (see: http://www. wkap. nl/prod/s/COLE). In the previous books we covered aspects of enigmatic microorganisms, microbial diversity, astrobiology, and symbiosis, so this book on halophilic microbes adds a fitting link to the rest of series' books. Since ancient times hypersaline habitats have been considered extreme environments, and some were thought not to sustain life at all. Yet, every organism requires salt for its existence. Salty places have been compared to an environment of extinction (e. g. , the Dead Sea).

Organisms --- Adaptation, Biological --- Environmental Microbiology --- Sodium Compounds --- Physiological Processes --- Euryarchaeota --- Chlorides --- Hydrochloric Acid --- Public Health --- Physiological Phenomena --- Microbiology --- Biological Processes --- Archaea --- Inorganic Chemicals --- Chlorine Compounds --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Biology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biological Phenomena --- Environment and Public Health --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Health Care --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Water Microbiology --- Sodium Chloride --- Adaptation, Physiological --- Bacteria --- Halobacteriales --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Microbial ecology. --- Nature conservation. --- Geochemistry. --- Aquatic ecology . --- Biochemistry. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Nature Conservation. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Biochemistry, general. --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Aquatic biology --- Ecology --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Earth sciences --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Conservation of natural resources --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Composition --- Conservation --- Halophilic microorganisms. --- Micro-organisms, Halophilic --- Halophilic organisms