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Presents, in an integrated format, two essential elements of the study of biogeochemical cycles - resolving the intricacies of the biological and abiological processes that form closed chemical cycles, and simulating the cycles using mathematical models.
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1. Biogeochemical Cycles: Their Role in the Earth System; 2. Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics; 3. Earth System Components; 4. Mathematical Approach to Modeling Biogeochemical Cycles; 5. Phosphorous Cycle; 6. Carbon Cycle; 7. Sulfur Cycle; 8. Nitrogen Cycle; 9. Bringing it All Together: The Oxygen Cycle and the Stability of Atmnospheric Oxygen; Appendix A: Thermodynamics and Kinetic Data; Appendix B: Glossary
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