Volume 5. Surface and Ground Water, Weathering, and Soils

James I. Drever
Professor, Low Temperature Geochemistry, Environmental Geochemistry
Department of Geology & Geophysics
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071-3006
USA
E-mail: drever@uwyo.edu

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Volume 5 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.

Introduction: James I. Drever
1. Soil Formation: Ronald Amundson
2. Modeling Low-Temperature Geochemical Processes: Darrell K. Nordstrom
3. Reaction Kinetics of Primary Rock-Forming Minerals under Ambient Conditions: Susan L. Brantley
4. Mass Balance Approach to Interpreting Weathering Reactions in Watershed Systems: Owen P. Bricker, Carl J. Bowser, Blair F. Jones
5. Natural Weathering Rates of Silicate Minerals: Arthur F. White
6. Plants and Mineral Weathering: Present and Past: Elizabeth K. Berner, Robert A. Berner, Katherine L. Moulton^†;
7. Geochemical Weathering in Glacial and Proglacial Environments: Martyn Tranter
8. Global Occurrence of Major Elements in Rivers: Michel Meybeck
9. Trace Elements in River Waters: Jerôme Gaillardet, Bernard Dupré, Jerôme Viers
10. Dissolved Organic Matter in Fresh Waters: E. Michael Perdue, Jason D. Ritchie
11. Stable Isotope Applications in Hydrologic Studies: Carol Kendall, Daniel H. Doctor
12. Radiogenic Isotopes in Weathering and Hydrology: Joel D. Blum, Yigal Erel
13. Geochemistry of Saline Lakes: Blair F. Jones, Daniel M. Deocampo
14. Geochemistry of Ground Water: Francis H. Chapelle
15. Ground Water Dating and Residence Time Measurements: Fred M. Phillips, Maria C. Castro
16. Deep Fluids in the Continents: I. Sedimentary Basins: Yousif K. Kharaka, Jeffrey S. Hanor
17. Deep Fluids in the Continents: II. Crystalline Rocks: Shaun Frape, Alexander R. Blyth, Runar Blomqvist, Robert H. McNutt, Mel Gascoyne
18. Soils and Global Change in the Carbon Cycle over Geological Time: Greg J. Retallack