CO2 IN SEAWATER: EQUILIBRIUM, KINETICS, ISOTOPES, 65
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By R.E. Zeebe, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany D. Wolf-Gladrow, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, PO Box 120161, D-27515 Bremerhaven, Germany
Description Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas after water vapor in the atmosphere of the earth. More than 98% of the carbon of the
atmosphere-ocean system is stored in the oceans as dissolved inorganic carbon. The key for understanding critical processes of the marine
carbon cycle is a sound knowledge of the seawater carbonate chemistry, including equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties as well as
stable isotope fractionation.
Presenting the first coherent text describing equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties and stable isotope
fractionation among the elements of the carbonate system. This volume presents an overview and a synthesis of these subjects which should
be useful for graduate students and researchers in various fields such as biogeochemistry, chemical oceanography, paleoceanography, marine
biology, marine chemistry, marine geology, and others.
The volume includes an introduction to the equilibrium properties of the carbonate
system in which basic concepts such as equilibrium constants, alkalinity, pH scales, and buffering are discussed. It also deals with
the nonequilibrium properties of the seawater carbonate chemistry. Whereas principle of chemical kinetics are recapitulated, reaction
rates and relaxation times of the carbonate system are considered in details. The book also provides a general introduction to stable
isotope fractionation and describes the partitioning of carbon, oxygen, and boron isotopes between the species of the carbonate system.
The appendix contains formulas for the equilibrium constants of the carbonate system, mathematical expressions to calculate carbonate
system parameters, answers to exercises and more.
Contents
1. Equilibrium.
The carbonate system.
Alkalinity. pH scales.
Partial pressure and fugacity.
The Revelle factor.
Worked out problems.
2. Kinetics. Basic concepts of kinetics. Temperature dependence of rate constants. Reactions
and rate constants of the carbonate system. Approaching equilibrium: the carbonate system. Approaching isotopic equilibrium: 12C, 13C, and 14C. Diffusion and reaction. Summary.
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