Geochemistry of Marine Sediments / / David J. Burdige.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Burdige, David J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.) :; 33 halftones. 75 line illus. 33 tables.

The processes occurring in surface marine sediments have a profound effect on the local and global cycling of many elements. This graduate text presents the fundamentals of marine sediment geochemistry by examining the complex chemical, biological, and physical processes that contribute to the conversion of these sediments to rock, a process known as early diagenesis. Research over the past three decades has uncovered the fact that the oxidation of organic matter deposited in sediment acts as a causative agent for many early diagenetic changes. Summarizing and discussing these findings and providing a much-needed update to Robert Berner's Early Diagenesis: A Theoretical Approach, David J. Burdige describes the ways to quantify geochemical processes in marine sediment. By doing so, he offers a deeper understanding of the cycling of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, along with important metals such as iron and manganese. No other book presents such an in-depth look at marine sediment geochemistry. Including the most up-to-date research, a complete survey of the subject, explanatory text, and the most recent mathematical formulations that have contributed to our greater understanding of early diagenesis, Geochemistry of Marine Sediments will interest graduate students of geology, geochemistry, and oceanography, as well as the broader community of earth scientists. It is poised to become the standard text on the subject for years to come.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Common Abbreviations and Symbols -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO The Components of Marine Sediments -- CHAPTER THREE Isotope Geochemistry -- CHAPTER FOUR Physical Properties of Sediments -- CHAPTER FIVE An Introduction to Transport Processes in Sediments -- CHAPTER SIX Models of Sediment Diagenesis -- CHAPTER SEVEN Biogeochemical Processes in Sediments -- CHAPTER EIGHT Quantifying Carbon and Nutrient Remineralization in Sediments -- CHAPTER NINE An Introduction to the Organic Geochemistry of Marine Sediments -- CHAPTER TEN Dissolved Organic Matter in Marine Sediments -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Linking Sediment Organic Geochemistry and Sediment Diagenesis -- CHAPTER TWELVE Processes at the Sediment-Water Interface -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Biogeochemical Processes in Pelagic (Deep-Sea) Sediments -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Nonsteady-State Processes in Marine Sediments -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Controls on Organic Carbon Preservation in Marine Sediments -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Biogeochemical Processes in Continental Margin Sediments -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Biogeochemical Processes in Continental Margin Sediments -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Linking Sediment Processes to Global Elemental Cycles: Authigenic Clay Mineral Formation and Reverse Weathering -- Appendix Some of the Field Sites Discussed in the Text -- References -- Index