Kinetics of water-rock interaction / edited by Susan L. Brantley, James D. Kubicki, Art F. White.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brantley, Susan Louise.

Kubicki, James David.

White, Art F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-rock interaction.

Geochemistry.

Hydrogeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (852 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Verlag, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Systems at the surface of the Earth are continually responding to energy inputs derived from solar radiation or from the radiogenic heat in the interior. These energy inputs drive plate movements and erosion, exposing metastable mineral phases at the Earth’s surface. In addition, these energy fluxes are harvested and transformed by living organisms. As long as these processes persist, chemical disequilibrium at the Earth’s surface will be perpetuated. Chemical disequilibrium is also driven by human activities related to production of food, extraction of water and energy resources, and burial of wastes. To understand how the surface of the Earth will change over time, we must understand the rates at which reactions occur and the chemical feedbacks that relate these reactions across extreme temporal and spatial scales. This book addresses fundamental and applied questions concerning the rates of water-rock interactions driven by tectonic, climatic, and anthropogenic forcings.

Contents:

Analysis of Rates of Geochemical Reactions

Transition State Theory and Molecular Orbital Calculations Applied to Rates and Reaction Mechanisms in Geochemical Kinetics

The Mineral-Water Interface

Kinetics of Sorption—Desorption

Kinetics of Mineral Dissolution

Data Fitting Techniques with Applications to Mineral Dissolution Kinetics

Nucleation, Growth, and Aggregation of Mineral Phases: Mechanisms and Kinetic Controls

Microbiological Controls on Geochemical Kinetics 1: Fundamentals and Case Study on Microbial Fe(III) Oxide Reduction

Microbiological Controls on Geochemical Kinetics 2: Case Study on Microbial Oxidation of Metal Sulfide Minerals and Future Prospects

Quantitative Approaches to Characterizing Natural Chemical Weathering Rates

Geochemical Kinetics and Transport

Isotope Geochemistry as a Tool for Deciphering Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction

Kinetics of Global Geochemical Cycles.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-21678-X

9786611216788

0-387-73563-1

OCLC:

233971378