Greenhouse puzzles: Keeling's world, Martin's world, Walker's world / Wallace S. Broeker, Tsung-Hung Peng.

Spiral binding

Contains bibliographical references.

Part I. Keeling's World: Is CO2 Greening the Earth -- The Knowns -- The Mirror Image Approach -- Ocean Uptake -- Chemical Versus Isotope Adjustment Time -- Isotopic Cross Checks -- Air to Sea CO2 Flux -- Interhemispheric CO2 Gradient -- Ocean Uptake Revisited -- Global Greening -- Projections to the Future -- CO2 Management -- Summary -- Commentary on Keeling's World Plates -- Keeling's World Problems -- Super Problem -- Annotated Bibliography -- CO2 Production Fossil Fuel Burning -- Atmospheric CO2 Content and O2/N2 Ratio -- Terrestrial Carbon Inventory Changes -- Ocean Uptake of Fossil Fuel CO2 -- Air-Sea Gas Exchange Rates -- 13C to 12C Ratios in Atmospheric and Oceanic CO2 -- 14C to C Ratios in Atmospheric and Oceanic CO2 -- Radiocarbon and Carbon in Soils -- Part II. Martin's World: CO2's Glacial Hideout? – Introduction -- Ice Core Measurements -- Whole Ocean ΣCO2 Inventory -- Physical Properties of Surface Water -- Biologic Pumping -- Carbonate Ion Concentration -- Iron Fertilization to the Rescue -- Summary -- Commentary on Plates in Martin's World -- Annotated Bibliography -- CO2 Measurements on Ice Core Air -- The Dominance of High Latitude Surface Waters -- Oceanic Nutrient Cycles -- Carbon Isotopes in Foraminifera from Deep Sea Sediments -- Nitrogen Isotopes in Marine Organic Matter -- Cadmium and Barium in Foraminifera from Deep Sea Sediments -- Oceanic CaCO3 Cycles -- Sedimentary Record of Calcite Preservation Transition Zone -- Boron-Isotope-Paleo pH Method -- Part III. Walker's World: CO2 Chemical Traffic Controller? -- Compensating for the Faint Young Sun -- The Earth's Anti-Freeze -- Directing Chemical Traffic -- The BLAG Scenario -- But Might the Policeman Reside in the Ocean? -- The Rates of CO2 Degassing and Ca Supply From Silicates -- The Marine Strontium Isotope Record -- The Influence of Mechanical Breakup on Chemical Weathering Rates -- Possible Proxies for Atmospheric CO2 Contents of the Distant Past -- Carbon isotope ratios in marine organic matter -- Carbon isotope ratios in soil caliche -- Ocean Chemistry -- Paleolysocline Depth -- Surface Ocean to Deep Ocean Carbon Isotope Difference -- Paleocean Oxygen Content -- Controls on the Phosphate Inventory of the Sea -- Paleo pH Measurements – Summary -- Commentary of Walker's World Plates -- Super Problem -- Annotated Bibliography -- The Tectonics-Climate Connection -- Planetary Outgassing of CO2 -- Chemical Weathering -- The Global Phosphate Cycle -- The Evolution of Atmospheric Oxygen -- The Marine Strontium Isotope Record: A Proxy for Continental Weathering Rate? -- Carbon Isotopes in Organic Matter: A Proxy for Past CO2 Concentrations in Surface Sea Water? -- Carbon Isotopes in Soil Carbonates: A Proxy for Paleo Atmospheric CO2 Content? -- Redfield Ratios

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