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Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Aussois, France, September 4-15, 1985

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Author:   A. Lerman ,  M. Meybeck
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1988 ed.
Volume:   251
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.620kg
ISBN:  

9789027728210

ISBN 10:   9027728216
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   30 November 1988
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Weathering Rates and Major Transport Processes — An Introduction.- Rate Control of Weathering of Silicate Minerals at Room Temperature and Pressure.- Microbial Weathering Processes in Natural Environments.- Paleosols and the Evolution of the Atmosphere: Part I.- Slope Erosion and Mass Movement in Relation to Weathering and Geochemical Cycles.- Loess — Its Formation, Transport and Economic Significance.- Lake Sediments as Indicators of Changes in Land Erosion Rates.- Movement and Storage of Sediment in River Systems.- Influence of Acid Rain on Weathering Rates.- Freshwater Carbon and the Weathering Cycle.- Weathering and Erosion in the Humid Tropics.- How to Establish and use World Budgets of Riverine Materials.- Transport and Deposition of Suspended Matter in Estuaries and the Nearshore Sea.- Riverborne Materials and the Continent-Ocean Interface.- Strontium Storage and Release During Deposition and Diagenesis of Marine Carbonates Related to Sea-Level Variations.- Sediment Cycling During Earth History.- Solid Earth as a Recycling System: Temporal Dimensions of Global Tectonics.

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