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Earth system science: from biogeochemical cycles to global change/ edited by Michael C. Jacobson [et al.]. - 1st ed. - Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010. - xiv, 527 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Part One: Basic Concepts for Earth System Science
1. Introduction: Biogeochemical Cycles as Fundamental Constructs for Studying Earth System Science and Global Change
2. The Origin and Early Evolution of the Earth
3. Evolution and the Biosphere
4. Modeling Biogeochemical Cycles
5. Equilibrium, Rate, and Natural Systems

Part Two: Properties of and Transfers between the Key Reservoirs
6. Water and the Hydrosphere;
7. The Atmosphere
8. Soils, Watershed Processes, and Marine Sediments;
9. Tectonic Processes and Erosion
10. The Oceans

Part Three: Biogeochemical Cycles
11. The Global Carbon Cycle
12. The Nitrogen Cycle
13. The Sulfur Cycle
14. The Phosphorus Cycle
15. Trace Metals

Part Four: Integration
16. The Acid-Base & Oxidation-Reduction Balances of the Earth
17. The Coupling of Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate Forcings, Feedbacks, and Responses
18. Ice Sheets & the Ice-Core Record of Climate Change
19. Human Modification of the Earth System

ISBN: 9780123793706

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Biogeochemical cycles--Environmental geochemistry
Global environmental change--Earth sciences--lobal temperature changes

Dewey Class. No.: 550 / JAC/J