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Geochemistry of sedimentary carbonates / John W. Morse, Fred T. Mackenzie.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Developments in sedimentology ; 48.Publication details: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier ; New York, NY, U.S.A. : Distributors for the U.S. and Canada, Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1990.Description: 1 online resource (725 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9786612755002
  • 6612755008
  • 0080934129
  • 9780080934129
  • 1282755005
  • 9781282755000
  • 1281759961
  • 9781281759962
  • 9786611759964
  • 6611759964
  • 0080869629
  • 9780080869629
  • 0444873910
  • 9780444873910
  • 0444887814
  • 9780444887818
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 552.58 571.8 D489
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Contents:
Front Cover; Geochemistry of Sedimentary Carbonates; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The CO2-Carbonic Acid System and Solution Chemistry; Basic Concepts; Activity Coefficients in Solutions; Influences of Temperature and Pressure; The Carbonic Acid System in Seawater; Calculation of the Saturation State of Seawater with Respect to Carbonate Minerals; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 2. Interactions Between Carbonate Minerals and Solutions; Sedimentary Carbonate Minerals; Solubility Behavior of Carbonate Minerals; Surface Chemistry of Carbonate Minerals
Carbonate Dissolution and Precipitation KineticsConcluding Remarks; Chapter 3. Coprecipitation Reactions and Solid Solutions of Carbonate Minerals; General Concepts; Coprecipitation of ""Foreign"" Ions in Carbonate Minerals; Magnesian Calcite; Stable Isotope Chemistry; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4. The Oceanic Carbonate System and Calcium Carbonate Accumulation in Deep Sea Sediments; An Overview of Major Processes; The CO2 System in Oceanic Waters; Sources and Sedimentation of Deep Sea Carbonates; The Distribution of CaCO3 in Deep Sea Sediments and Carbonate Lithofacies
Factors Controlling the Accumulation of Calcium Carbonate in Deep Sea SedimentsVariability of Calcium Carbonate Deposition in Deep Sea Sediments with Time; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 5. Composition and Source of Shoal-Water Carbonate Sediments; Introduction; Shoal-Water Carbonates in Space and Time; Carbonate Grains and Skeletal Parts; Biomineralization; Precipitation of Carbonates from Seawater; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6. Early Marine Diagenesis of Shoal-Water Carbonate Sediments; Introduction; Some Preliminary Thermodynamic and Kinetic Considerations; Very Early Diagenesis
Concluding RemarksChapter 7. Early Non-Marine Diagenesis of Sedimentary Carbonates; Introduction; Plate-Tectonic Controls on Diagenesis; General Considerations for Early Non-Marine Diagenesis; Major Phase Transformations; Mass Transfer During Diagenesis; Lithification in the Meteoric Environment; Bermuda: A Case Study of a Meteoric Diagenetic Environment; A Brief Synthesis of Meteoric Diagenesis; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8. Carbonates as Sedimentary Rocks in Subsurface Processes; Introduction; P, T, and X and Carbonate Mineral Stability; Subsurface Water Chemistry in Sedimentary Basins
Continuous ProcessesExamples of ""Models"" of Long-Term Diagenesis; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 9. The Current Carbon Cycle and Human Impact; Introduction; Modern Biogeochemical Cycle of Carbon; Human Impact on Carbon Fluxes; The Oceanic System; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 10. Sedimentary Carbonates in the Evolution of Earth's Surface Environment; Introduction; Sedimentary Rock Mass-Age Distributions; Secular Trends in Sedimentary Rock Properties; Carbon Cycling Modeling; Synopsis of the Origin and Evolution of the Hydrosphere-Atmosphere-Sedimentary Lithosphere; Concluding Remarks; Epilogue
Summary: This book covers the more basic aspects of carbonate minerals and their interaction with aqueous solutions; modern marine carbonate formation and sediments; carbonate diagenesis (early marine, meteoric and burial); the global cycle of carbon and human intervention; and the role of sedimentary carbonates as indicators of stability and changes in the Earth's surface environment. The selected subjects are presented with sufficient background information to enable the non-specialist to understand the basic chemistry involved. Tested on classes taught by the authors, and approved by the students,
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Introduction

Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-679) and index.

Front Cover; Geochemistry of Sedimentary Carbonates; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. The CO2-Carbonic Acid System and Solution Chemistry; Basic Concepts; Activity Coefficients in Solutions; Influences of Temperature and Pressure; The Carbonic Acid System in Seawater; Calculation of the Saturation State of Seawater with Respect to Carbonate Minerals; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 2. Interactions Between Carbonate Minerals and Solutions; Sedimentary Carbonate Minerals; Solubility Behavior of Carbonate Minerals; Surface Chemistry of Carbonate Minerals

Carbonate Dissolution and Precipitation KineticsConcluding Remarks; Chapter 3. Coprecipitation Reactions and Solid Solutions of Carbonate Minerals; General Concepts; Coprecipitation of ""Foreign"" Ions in Carbonate Minerals; Magnesian Calcite; Stable Isotope Chemistry; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4. The Oceanic Carbonate System and Calcium Carbonate Accumulation in Deep Sea Sediments; An Overview of Major Processes; The CO2 System in Oceanic Waters; Sources and Sedimentation of Deep Sea Carbonates; The Distribution of CaCO3 in Deep Sea Sediments and Carbonate Lithofacies

Factors Controlling the Accumulation of Calcium Carbonate in Deep Sea SedimentsVariability of Calcium Carbonate Deposition in Deep Sea Sediments with Time; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 5. Composition and Source of Shoal-Water Carbonate Sediments; Introduction; Shoal-Water Carbonates in Space and Time; Carbonate Grains and Skeletal Parts; Biomineralization; Precipitation of Carbonates from Seawater; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6. Early Marine Diagenesis of Shoal-Water Carbonate Sediments; Introduction; Some Preliminary Thermodynamic and Kinetic Considerations; Very Early Diagenesis

Concluding RemarksChapter 7. Early Non-Marine Diagenesis of Sedimentary Carbonates; Introduction; Plate-Tectonic Controls on Diagenesis; General Considerations for Early Non-Marine Diagenesis; Major Phase Transformations; Mass Transfer During Diagenesis; Lithification in the Meteoric Environment; Bermuda: A Case Study of a Meteoric Diagenetic Environment; A Brief Synthesis of Meteoric Diagenesis; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 8. Carbonates as Sedimentary Rocks in Subsurface Processes; Introduction; P, T, and X and Carbonate Mineral Stability; Subsurface Water Chemistry in Sedimentary Basins

Continuous ProcessesExamples of ""Models"" of Long-Term Diagenesis; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 9. The Current Carbon Cycle and Human Impact; Introduction; Modern Biogeochemical Cycle of Carbon; Human Impact on Carbon Fluxes; The Oceanic System; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 10. Sedimentary Carbonates in the Evolution of Earth's Surface Environment; Introduction; Sedimentary Rock Mass-Age Distributions; Secular Trends in Sedimentary Rock Properties; Carbon Cycling Modeling; Synopsis of the Origin and Evolution of the Hydrosphere-Atmosphere-Sedimentary Lithosphere; Concluding Remarks; Epilogue

This book covers the more basic aspects of carbonate minerals and their interaction with aqueous solutions; modern marine carbonate formation and sediments; carbonate diagenesis (early marine, meteoric and burial); the global cycle of carbon and human intervention; and the role of sedimentary carbonates as indicators of stability and changes in the Earth's surface environment. The selected subjects are presented with sufficient background information to enable the non-specialist to understand the basic chemistry involved. Tested on classes taught by the authors, and approved by the students,

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