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9781444311525

An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry, 2nd Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9781444311525

  • ISBN10:

    1444311522

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2009-04-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

An Introduction to Organic Geochemistry explores the fate of organic matter of all types, biogenic and man-made, in the Earth System. investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemical transformations that carbon compounds can experience over a range of time scales and in different environments scope widened to provide a broad and up-to-date background - structured to accommodate readers with varied scientific backgrounds essential terminology is defined fully and boxes are used to explain concepts introduced from other disciplines further study aided by the incorporation of carefully selected literature references It investigates the variety of pathways and biogeochemical transformations that carbon compounds can experience over a range of time scales and in different environments.

Table of Contents

Preface
Carbon, the Earth and life
Carbon and the basic requirements of life
Chemical elements, simple compounds and their origins
The origin of life
Evolution of life and the atmosphere
Major contributors to sedimentary organic matter
Chemical composition of biogenic matter
Structure of natural products
Carbohydrates
Amino acids and proteins
Lipids
Lignins, tannins and related compounds
Nucleotides and nucleic acids
Geochemical implications of compositional variation
Production, preservation and degradation of organic matter
How and why organic-rich deposits form
Controls on primary production
Preservation and degradation of organic matter
Depositional environments associated with accumulation of organic matter
Long-term fate of organic matter in the geosphere
Diagenesis
Humic material
Coal
Kerogen
Catagenesis and metagenesis
Temporal and geographical distribution of fossil organic carbon
Chemical stratigraphy
Biologically mediated transformations
Examples of source indicators in recent sediments
Diagenesis at the molecular level
Source and environment indicators in ancient sediments and oil
Thermal maturity and molecular transformations
Palaeotemperature and age measurement
Maturity of ancient sedimentary organic matter
Isotopic palaeontology
The carbon cycle and climate
Global carbon cycle
Changes in carbon reservoirs over geological time
Palaeoclimatic variations
Isotopic excursions at period boundaries
Human influence on the carbon cycle
Anthropogenic carbon and the environment
Introduction
Halocarbons
Hydrocarbon pollution in aquatic environments
Endocrine disrupting chemicals
Environmental behaviour of selected xenobiotic compounds
Factors affecting the rate of anthropogenic components
SI units used
SI unit prefixes
Geological timescale
References
Index
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