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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823469303321

Autore

Berner Robert A. <1935->

Titolo

The phanerozoic carbon cycle : CO₂ and O₂ / / Robert A. Berner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

0-19-756221-3

1-280-42812-0

1-4237-2091-1

0-19-534665-3

1-60256-504-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

577.144

Soggetti

Atmospheric carbon dioxide - Evolution

Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Processes of the Long-Term Carbon Cycle: Chemical Weathering of Silicates; 3. Processes of the Long-Term Carbon Cycle: Organic Matter and Carbonate Burial and Weathering; 4. Processes of the Long-Term Carbon Cycle: Degassing of Carbon Dioxide and Methane; 5. Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide over Phanerozoic Time; 6. Atmospheric O[sub(2)] over Phanerozoic Time; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Pharnerozoic Carbon Cycle applies an earth system science approach to the study of the long-term carbon cycle, which involves the transfer of carbon between rocks and the atmosphere, oceans and life. Theoretical modeling is used to calculate how levels of atmosphere CO2 nad O2 have changed over the past 550 million years.