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About this book
Carbon is one of the most important elements of our planet, and ninety percent of it resides inside Earth's interior. This book summarizes ten years of research by scientists involved in the Deep Carbon Observatory, a global community of 1200 scientists. It is a comprehensive guide to carbon inside Earth, including its quantities, movements, forms, origins, changes over time, and impact on planetary processes. Leading experts from a variety of fields, including geoscience, biology, chemistry, and physics, provide exciting new insights into the interconnected nature of the global carbon cycle, and explain why it matters to the past, present, and future of our planet. With end-of-chapter problems, illustrative infographics, full-color images, and access to online models and datasets, it is a valuable reference for graduate students, researchers, and professional scientists interested in carbon cycling and Earth system science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- 1 Introduction to Deep Carbon: Past to Present
- 2 Origin and Early Differentiation of Carbon and Associated Life-Essential Volatile Elements on Earth
- 3 Carbon versus Other Light Elements in Earth's Core
- 4 Carbon-Bearing Phases throughout Earth's Interior: Evolution through Space and Time
- 5 Diamonds and the Mantle Geodynamics of Carbon: Deep Mantle Carbon Evolution from the Diamond Record
- 6 CO2-Rich Melts in Earth
- 7 The Link between the Physical and Chemical Properties of Carbon-Bearing Melts and Their Application for Geophysical Imaging of Earth's Mantle
- 8 Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Subaerial Volcanic Regions: Two Decades in Review
- 9 Carbon in the Convecting Mantle
- 10 How Do Subduction Zones Regulate the Carbon Cycle?
- 11 A Framework for Understanding Whole-Earth Carbon Cycling
- 12 The Influence of Nanoporosity on the Behavior of Carbon-Bearing Fluids
- 13 A Two-Dimensional Perspective on CH4 Isotope Clumping: Distinguishing Process from Source
- 14 Earth as Organic Chemist
- 15 New Perspectives on Abiotic Organic Synthesis and Processing during Hydrothermal Alteration of the Oceanic Lithosphere
- 16 Carbon in the Deep Biosphere: Forms, Fates, and Biogeochemical Cycling
- 17 Biogeography, Ecology, and Evolution of Deep Life
- 18 The Genetics, Biochemistry, and Biophysics of Carbon Cycling by Deep Life
- 19 Energy Limits for Life in the Subsurface
- 20 Deep Carbon through Deep Time: Data-Driven Insights
- Index