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Geochemistry
Geochemistry is the study of the composition and chemical changes that take place on the Earth and within its major divisions: the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Environmental chemistry focuses more specifically on the transport of substances within and between these geospheres and their subdivisions, with special emphasis on the effects brought about by the activities of humans.
- Author
- Stephen Lower
- Publisher
- Simon Fraser University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 17 sections
- 01: The Earth and its Lithosphere
- 1.01: Composition and Structure of the Earth
- 1.02: Origin of the Elements
- 1.03: Formation and evolution of the Earth
- 1.04: The Earth's crust
- 02: The Hydrosphere
- 2.01: Water Water Everywhere...
- 2.02: The hydrosphere and the oceans
- 2.03: Chemistry and geochemistry of the oceans
- 2.04: Chemical budgets of oceanic elements
- 03: The Atmosphere
- 3.01: Structure and Composition of the Atmosphere
- 3.02: Origin and Evolution of the Atmosphere
- 04: The Biosphere
- 4.01: Chemistry and Energetics of the Life Process
- 4.02: Biogeochemical Evolution
- 4.03: Gaia - Bioregulation of the Environment