Surface and ground water, weathering, and soils / edited by J.I. Drever.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drever, James I.

Series:

Treatise on geochemistry ; vol. 5.

Treatise on geochemistry ; vol. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water chemistry.

Hydrogeology.

Geochemistry.

Physical Description:

xvii, 626 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Pergamon, 2005.

Summary:

This volume has several objectives. The first is to present an overview of the composition of surface and ground waters on the continents and the mechanisms that control the compositions. The second is to present summaries of the tools and methodologies used in modern studies of the geochemistry of surface and ground waters. The third is to present information on the role of weathering and soil formation in geochemical cycles: weathering affects the chemistry of the atmosphere through uptake of carbon dioxide and oxygen, and paleosols (preserved soils in the rock record) provide information on the composition of the atmosphere in the geological past.

James (Tim) Drever is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Geology & Geophysics at the University of Wyoming. His main research interest is the chemistry of ground and surface waters, with a particular emphasis on weathering processes and contaminant migration. He has a strong interest in the interaction between biotic and abiotic processes in controlling the composition of natural waters. He is the author of the widely adopted textbook The Geochemistry of Natural Waters: Surface and Groundwater Environments (Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 1997) and served as Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Geology from 1995 to 2001. He was President of the Geochemical Society for 2004-2005.

Contents:

5.01 Soil Formation / R. Amundson 1

5.02 Modeling Low-temperature Geochemical Processes / D. K. Nordstrom 37

5.03 Reaction Kinetics of Primary Rock-forming Minerals under Ambient Conditions / S. L. Brantley 73

5.04 Mass-balance Approach to Interpreting Weathering Reactions in Watershed Systems / O. P. Bricker, B. F. Jones, C. J. Bowser 119

5.05 Natural Weathering Rates of Silicate Minerals / A. F. White 133

5.06 Plants and Mineral Weathering: Present and Past / E. K. Berner, R. A. Berner, K. L. Moulton 169

5.07 Geochemical Weathering in Glacial and Proglacial Environments / M. Tranter 189

5.08 Global Occurrence of Major Elements in Rivers / M. Meybeck 207

5.09 Trace Elements in River Waters / J. Gaillardet, J. Viers, B. Dupre 225

5.10 Dissolved Organic Matter in Freshwaters / E. M. Perdue, J. D. Ritchie 273

5.11 Stable Isotope Applications in Hydrologic Studies / C. Kendall, D. H. Doctor 319

5.12 Radiogenic Isotopes in Weathering and Hydrology / J. D. Blum, Y. Erel 365

5.13 Geochemistry of Saline Lakes / B. F. Jones, D. M. Deocampo 393

5.14 Geochemistry of Groundwater / F. H. Chapelle 425

5.15 Groundwater Dating and Residence-time Measurements / F. M. Phillips, M. C. Castro 451

5.16 Deep Fluids in the Continents: I. Sedimentary Basins / Y. K. Kharaka, J. S. Hanor 499

5.17 Deep Fluids in the Continents: II. Crystalline Rocks / S. K. Frape, A. Blyth, R. Blomqvist, R. H. McNutt, M. Gascoyne 541

5.18 Soils and Global Change in the Carbon Cycle over Geological Time / G. J. Retallack 581.

Notes:

"Dedicated to Werner Stumm, 1924-1999"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0080447198

OCLC:

54941848