03757nam 22006735 450 991029838550332120200702175318.094-007-7717-510.1007/978-94-007-7717-0(CKB)3710000000075861(EBL)1593332(SSID)ssj0001066930(PQKBManifestationID)11694866(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001066930(PQKBWorkID)11078896(PQKB)10266519(MiAaPQ)EBC1593332(DE-He213)978-94-007-7717-0(PPN)176130039(EXLCZ)99371000000007586120131118d2014 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWeathering and the Riverine Denudation of Continents /by Pedro José Depetris, Andrea Inés Pasquini, Karina Leticia Lecomte1st ed. 2014.Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :Imprint: Springer,2014.1 online resource (98 p.)SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,2191-589XDescription based upon print version of record.94-007-7716-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The Commencement of Continental Denudation: Mechanical Weathering -- The Biological Path to Rock Breakdown -- Chemical Weathering Processes at Earth´s Surface -- Weathering: Intensity and Rates -- The Wearing Away of Continents -- Concluding Comments.In this monograph the authors present an overview of the state-of-the-art and use examples or case histories to illustrate the combined role of rock decay and rivers on continental denudation. The Earth’s surface dynamics would not be conceivable without the fundamental component of rock weathering and the subsequent transport of solid debris and dissolved components to the coastal ocean through riverine drainage pathways. In other words, continental wear away is highly dependent on the mechanisms that control mineral decay. Moreover, besides the significant role played by rivers in shaping the Earth’s outer skin, there is the important function that rivers perform in all geochemical cycles, mediating between the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, the biosphere and the hydrosphere. Drainage basins and the weathering of rocks that occur therein may be significant sources (or sinks) of carbon dioxide and, hence, play a significant role in affecting the Earth’s climate.SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,2191-589XHydrogeologyGeobiologyEnvironmental geologyEnvironmental geologyHydrogeologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G19005Biogeoscienceshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G35010Geoecology/Natural Processeshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U21006Hydrogeology.Geobiology.Environmental geology.Environmental geology.Hydrogeology.Biogeosciences.Geoecology/Natural Processes.551.352Depetris Pedro Joséauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1062472Pasquini Andrea Inésauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autLecomte Karina Leticiaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autBOOK9910298385503321Weathering and the Riverine Denudation of Continents2525794UNINA