Name: Clays in the Critical Zone By Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)
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Clays in the Critical Zone by Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

Clays and clay minerals are the most abundant natural reactive solids on the Earth's surface. This comprehensive review considers clay science in the context of the Critical Zone - the Earth's permeable near-surface layer. Providing information on clays and clay minerals related to geological, biological and material sciences in the Critical Zone, it's well suited for graduate students and researchers interested in clay science, and environmental and soil mineralogy. The book starts with an introduction to clays and clay minerals, their historic background, and a review of how clay science impacts the Critical Zone. Examples and applications demonstrate how clays regulate habitats and determine the availability of other resources. These examples are supported by quantitative field data, including numerical and graphical depictions of clay and clay mineral occurrences. The book concludes by covering Critical Zone clay geochemistry and clay sequences, including the industrial, synthetic medical and extra-terrestrial world of clay science.

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'Clays in the Critical Zone assembles an impressive amount of theory and practice from widely dispersed disciplines and important primary sources, including case studies. The result is a thorough, integrated treatment of all the ideas and methods necessary to satisfy expectations raised by the title. Professor Paul A. Schroeder's considerable experience with the methods and their applications, and with supervising student work using those methods, has prepared him well for identifying and successfully explaining many nuances of the analytical methods and interpretive approaches, and the results they produce.' Michael Velbel, Michigan State University
'... this book is a very useful addition to the subject of the critical zone, weathering and soils. All students will wish to consult it ... It certainly achieves that aim with a wide and impressive coverage of the key topics.' Stephen Hillier, Elements

About Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

Paul A. Schroeder is a Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Georgia. Previously he has held the positions of President of the Clay Minerals Society and co-director of the Georgia Electron Microscopy Lab. His research focuses on the study of clays and clay minerals using NMR spectroscopy, Fourier transform IR and Raman spectroscopy, radiogenic, cosmogenic and stable isotopes, chemical and thermal analyses, and X-ray and electron diffraction.

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GOR012051358

ISBN 13

9781107136670

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1107136679

Title

Clays in the Critical Zone by Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

Author

Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year published

2018-08-09

Number of pages

252

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Clays in the Critical Zone Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

Clays in the Critical Zone by Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

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Clays in the Critical Zone by Paul A. Schroeder (University of Georgia)

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