The Phanerozoic Carbon Cycle : CO2 and O2 Hardback
by Robert A. (Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Professor of Geology and Geophysics, Yale Un Berner
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The term "carbon cycle" is normally thought to mean those processes that govern the present-day transfer of carbon between life, the atmosphere, and the oceans. This book describes another carbon cycle, one which operates over millions of years and involves the transfer of carbon between rocks and the combination of life, the atmosphere, and the oceans. The weathering of silicate and carbonate rocks and ancient sedimentary organic matter (including recent,large-scale human-induced burning of fossil fuels), the burial of organic matter and carbonate minerals in sediments, and volcanic degassing of carbon dioxide contribute to this cycle.
In The PhanerozoicCarbon Cycle, Robert Berner shows how carbon cycle models can be used to calculate levels of atmospheric CO[2 and O[2 over Phanerozoic time, the past 550 million years, and how results compare with independent methods. His analysis has implications for such disparate subjects as the evolution of land plants, the presence of giant ancient insects, the role of tectonics in paleoclimate, and the current debate over global warming and greenhouse gases
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- Pages:158 pages, numerous figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:02/09/2004
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:158 pages, numerous figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:02/09/2004
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- ISBN:9780195173338