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In this first full-scale attempt to reconstruct the chemical evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, Heinrich Holland assembles data from a wide spectrum of fields to trace the history of the ocean-atmosphere system. A pioneer in an increasingly important area of scholarship, he presents a comprehensive treatment of knowledge on this subject, provides an extensive bibliography, and outlines problems and approaches for further research.The first four chapters deal with the turbulent first half billion years of Earth history. The next four chapters, devoted largely to the Earth from 3.9 to 0.6 b.y.b.p., demonstrate that changes in the atmosphere and oceans during this period were not dramatic. The last chapter of the book deals with the Phanerozoic Eon; although the isotopic composition of sulfur and strontium in seawater varied greatly during this period of Earth history, the chemical composition of seawater did not.

Atmospheric chemistry. --- Chemical oceanography. --- Molecular evolution. --- Achondrites. --- Albian. --- Aluminum. --- Anhydrite. --- Ankerite. --- Banded iron formations. --- Bicarbonate. --- Biotite. --- Calcite. --- Carbon. --- Carbonate sediments. --- Devonian. --- Diagenesis. --- Dolomitization. --- Evaporites. --- Ferric oxide. --- Graphite. --- Halite. --- Hydrogen. --- Igneous rocks. --- Jasper. --- Jurassic. --- Krypton. --- Lithium. --- Magnesium. --- Marine sediments. --- Metamorphism. --- Mid-ocean ridges. --- Nitric acid. --- North American Platform. --- Organic carbon. --- Oxidation reactions. --- Paleosols. --- Phanerozoic. --- Precambrian. --- Proterozoic. --- Quartz. --- Rare gases. --- Russian Platform. --- Sedimentary rocks. --- Tertiary.

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Diagenesis of carbonates and clastic sediments encompasses the biochemical, mechanical, and chemical changes that occur in sediments subsequent to deposition and prior to low-grade metamorphism. These parameters which, to a large extent, control diagenesis in carbonates and clastic sediments include primary composition of the sediments, depositional facies, pore water chemistry, burial–thermal and tectonic evolution of the basin, and paleo-climatic conditions. Diagenetic processes involve widespread chemical, mineralogical, and isotopic modifications affected by the original mineralogy of carbonate and clastic sediments. These diagenetic alterations will impose a major control on porosity and permeability and hence on hydrocarbon reservoirs, water aquifers, and the presence of other important economic minerals. In this Special Issue, we have submissions focusing on understanding the interplay between the mineralogical and chemical changes in carbonates and clastic sediments and the diagenetic processes, fluid flow, tectonics, and mineral reactions at variable scales and environments from a verity of sedimentary basins. Quantitative analyses of diagenetic reactions in these sediments using a variety of techniques are essential for understanding the pathways of these reactions in different diagenetic environments.

diagenesis --- authigenic minerals --- reservoir quality --- Eboliang --- Qaidam Basin --- clay minerals --- major elements --- trace elements --- sedimentary environment --- diagenetic Environment --- silicification --- meteoric diagenesis --- fractures --- deltaic sequence --- karst --- glacial period --- dolomitization --- Huron Domain --- Silurian --- Devonian --- fluid composition --- Michigan Basin --- bipyramidal quartz --- pseudohexagonal aragonite --- Iberian Range --- Upper Triassic --- hydrothermal circulation --- carbonate reservoirs --- sedimentation --- porosity --- platform carbonates --- REE + Y chemistry --- paleoceanographic proxies --- diagenetic proxies --- NE Turkey --- hydrothermal dolomite --- diagenetic settings --- optical petrography --- geochemical --- Triassic-Jurassic successions --- Provençal Domain --- n/a --- Provençal Domain