Kinetics of Water-Rock Interaction

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brantley, Susan L. (Editor), Kubicki, James D. (Editor), White, Art F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geochemistry.; Hydrogeology.; Geobiology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Earth Sciences.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Biogeosciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.

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...