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And Some Directions for Future Work -- The Fine Structure and Properties of the Sediment Surface / David M. Paterson -- Integrated Studies -- Visualization of the Sediment-Water Interface -- Towards a Correlative Approach -- Fine-Scale Properties of the Sediment Surface -- Temporal Variability in Se...

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Other Authors: Boudreau, Bernard P. (Bernard Paul), 1953-, Jørgensen, Bo Barker
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Ocean bottom.
Benthos.
Sediment transport.
Biogeochemistry.
Fonds marins.
Sédiments (Géologie) > Transport.
Biogéochimie.
Benthos
Biogeochemistry
Ocean bottom
Sediment transport
Biogeochemie
Grenzschicht
Transport
Aufsatzsammlung
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Summary:And Some Directions for Future Work -- The Fine Structure and Properties of the Sediment Surface / David M. Paterson -- Integrated Studies -- Visualization of the Sediment-Water Interface -- Towards a Correlative Approach -- Fine-Scale Properties of the Sediment Surface -- Temporal Variability in Sediment Properties -- Optical Properties -- Porewater Flow in Permeable Sediments / Markus Huettel, Ian T. Webster -- Introduction to Advective Transport -- Molecular Diffusion Versus Advection -- The Physics of Porewater Transport and Darcy's Law -- Advective Transport in the Marine Environment -- Mechanisms of Advective Transport -- Current-Induced Advective Transport -- Wave-Induced Advection in Sediments -- Density-Driven Convection -- Consequences of Advective Transport -- Spatial and Temporal Zonation Due to Advection -- The Impact of Advective Flows on Sediment Geochemistry -- Consequences to the Natural Environment -- Biogeochemical Microsensors for Boundary Layer Studies / Michael Kuhl, Neil peter Revsbech -- Electrochemical Microsensors -- Reference Electrodes -- Ag/Ag+ Half-Cell Microelectrodes -- Ion-Exchange-Based Microsensors -- Simple Microsensors with Continuous or No Polarization -- Gas Microsensors with Ion-Impermeable Membranes -- Instrumentation for Electrochemical Microsensors -- Optical Microsensors -- Field Radiance Microprobes -- Irradiance and Scalar Irradiance Microprobes -- Microprobes for Fluorescence and Surface Detection -- Fiber-Optic Microsensors: Micro-opt(r)odes.
Physical Description:xii, 404 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195118812
9780195118810