Encyclopedia of Earth System Science
Edited by Leonid / Turekian, Karl K. Brekhovskikh
Published on 22. December 1993
Book
2825 pages
978-0-12-226719-2 (ISBN)
Description
Today's society is concerned with a multitude of events affecting the Earth system, ranging from natural processes such as ocean circulation, weather systems, and geophysics to concerns like acid rain, ecotoxicology, and the greenhouse effect. To understand the impact of these events on the Earth system and to resolve environmental problems, knowledge of all the earth sciences and how they interact is essential.**The Encyclopedia of Earth System Science is the first encyclopedia to comprehensively cover, in one place, all the earth sciences--including atmospheric science, biogeochemistry, climatology, ecology, geology, geophysics, glaciology, hydrology, meteorology, mineralogy, oceanography, petrology, and numerous other fields. It treats the Earth as a system of interactive processes and describes how these processes affect and are affected by each other.**Complete in four volumes, the Encyclopedia provides a broad base of knowledge. An international group of experts, all distinguished in their fields, have written in-depth articles with extensive cross-referencing to stress the interconnection between all earth processes. The glossaries, concise subject definitions, brief outlines, and recent bibliographies found in each article also provide the reader with quick access to each topic.
Reviews / Votes
"This excellent encyclopedia of the earth sciences stresses human interaction with all environments on and surrounding the earth....The articles are extremely well-written so that in most cases the educated layperson as well as the researcher are accommodated. By far the most useful aspect of the set is the stressing of human environmental involvement with all geologic processes from pure geology to the atmosphere and space....The publisher has done great justice...by having a 170-page double column index, covering in detail all subjects discussed within the articles....The illustrations are outstanding, including a few color plates and several thousand black and white photographs, maps, graphs, charts, and tables...It is a highly recommended set for academic institutions with earth science programs and for large public libraries."--BOOKLIST/REFERENCE BOOKS BULLETIN, March 15, 1992
"This encyclopedia is a series of more than 230 articles on wide-ranging topics in earth system science, indexed and cross-referenced. It gives clear, usable descriptions of each topic in a set format, each with its own illustrations, bibliography, and glossary. A comprehensive subject and relational index in the last volume is essential for navigation of the encyclopedia."
--GAIAN SCIENCE, February-April
"Should go down in the annals of technical literature as an environmental classic. With mounting concerns on the environment, the Encyclopedia of Earth System Science brings us back to the basics of the earth sciences...Unprecedented reference work...The list of contributors is international in scope and represents a distinguished assembly of environmental intellect....The Encyclopedia of Earth System Science brings to the non-research institution a vast expertise in the earth sciences, where it can truly serve as a technical enlightenment....Government agency libraries and private libraries serving lawyers, policy makers, planners, and corporate executives, will benefit from this work. Public libraries would serve the general reader, local elected officials, and grassroots activists well providing such a comprehensive technical treatment of the environment and the intricacies and delicacies of the processes that control the earth's systems."
--ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION OF THE SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
"This encyclopedia is the first to comprehensively cover, in one place, all of the earth sciences--including atmospheric science, biochemistry, climatology, ecology, geology, geophysics, glaciology, hydrology, meteorology, mineralogy, oceanography, petrology, and numerous other fields. It treats the earth as a system of interactive processes and describes how these processes affect and are affected by each other. The four-volume set provides a broad base of knowledge. International experts have written in-depth articles, with extensive cross-referencing to stress the interconnection between all earth processes. The glossaries, concise subject definitions, brief outlines, and recent bibliographies that are found in each article also provide the reader with quick access to each topic."
--BULLETIN AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
"It is a very well-written manuscript, concise and precise."
--T.E. Unny, University of Waterloo, Canada
"Outstanding work."
--S. Serrano, University of Kentucky
"This is an excellent review."
--Joseph R. Curray, University of California, San Diego
"This article is an accurate and complete coverage of the topic with an emphasis on major elements for clarity and conciseness."
--Josef Cihlar, Canada Center for Remote Sensing
"This is a well-written review, a pleasure to read. The coverage is complete, up-to-date, and balanced."
--David Dunlop, University of Toronto, Canada
"Excellent summary!"
--D.J. Hofman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
"As he always does, James Ward has produced a well-written and informative document that is both well thought-out and completely up to date."
--H.B. Hynes, University of Waterloo, Canada
"Dr. Skaar has brought clarity to this subject through his text and other publications. He has trained many professionals and instilled in them the sense of doing science right. He is a master. He is the appropriate person to write this chapter for your encyclopedia. The material is well-organized, well-presented, and should serve the audience of this publication well."
--Jay A. Johnson, University of Washington
"This is an extraordinarily fine perspective paper--one that will be widely cited. A superb treatment of a complex phenomenon."
--Alfred Fischer, Department of Geology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
"This is a first rate review. It covers the subject well and is balanced and responsible and at the same time fair to all involved."
--Bruce D. Marsh, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
"Probably the clearest account of ideas at this level that I have ever read."
--T. walters, U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, Washington
"A very fine and concise review of arcs."
--Marc Defant, University of Southern Florida
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
8260 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-226719-2 (9780122267192)
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KARL KAREKIN TUREKIAN (1927-2013)
Karl Turekian was a man of remarkable scientific breadth, with innumerable important contributions to marine geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, cosmochemistry, and global geochemical cycles. He was mentor to a long list of students, postdocs, and faculty (at Yale and elsewhere), a leader in geochemistry, a prolific author and editor, and had a profound influence in shaping his department at Yale University.
In 1949 Karl joined a graduate program in the new field of geochemistry at Columbia University under Larry Kulp with students Dick Holland and his fellow Wheaton alums Wally Broecker and Paul Gast. This was a propitious time as Columbia's Lamont Geological Observatory had only been established a few years beforehand. It was during these years that Karl began to acquire the skills that led to his rapid emergence as a leader in geochemistry.
After a brief postdoc at Columbia, Karl accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Geology at Yale University in 1956, where he set out to create a program in geochemistry from scratch. Karl spent the rest of his life on the Yale faculty and was immersed in geochemistry to the end. He was deeply involved in editing this edition of the massive Treatise on Geochemistry, which has grown to 15 volumes, until only a month before his passing away on 15 March 2013.
Karl turned to the study of deep-sea cores and especially the analysis of trace elements to study the wide variety of geochemical processes that are recorded there. His work with Hans Wedepohl in writing and tabulating the Handbook of Geochemistry (Turekian, 1969) was a major accomplishment and this work was utilized by many generations of geochemists. Teaming up with his graduate students and in association with Paul Gast, he developed a mass spectrometry lab at Yale and began to thoroughly investigate the Rb-Sr isotopic systematics of deep-sea clays, not only as repositories but also as sites for exchange to occur and serve as a control of the geochemistry of ocean water.
Karl was a major player in a revolutionary marine geochemistry campaign known as the Geochemical Ocean Section Study (GEOSECS). GEOSECS was part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration in the 1970s, and it took aim at measuring and understanding the distribution of geochemical tracers for circulation and biogeochemistry in the world's oceans.. It was also within this same time period that another large-scale 'geochemical' sampling program known as Apollo 11 came along. Here Karl utilized his INAA techniques to examine some of the first returned lunar samples for their trace elements. Karl was particularly proud of being the holder of the Silliman Chair and being curator of the Yale meteorite collection. In a continuation of Karl's foray into cosmochemistry, Andy Davis came to Yale to study with Karl and Sydney Clark.
Equally important to the legacy of what Karl did for science in his research contributions on and across the planet was his influence on scientists. His legendary daily coffee hours were a training ground for many generations of students, postdocs, and visitors, as well as a proving ground for Karl's own ideas. He had a great love for vigorous scientific debate. Karl loved to question and be questioned. Nothing was sacred and, in the act of questioning as in exploring, new science arises. He was extraordinarily supportive of people, always had time to discuss and listen, and helped everyone from students to his fellow faculty at Yale. Karl was twice department chair and even when not chair, a steadying influence in times of departmental difficulty.
Andrew M. Davis, Lawrence Grossman and Albert S. Colman
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Mark H. Thiemens
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
This Obituary was first published in PNAS, Vol. 110, No. 41, 16290-16291, 10th October 2013 (c) 2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and is reproduced with permission.
Karl Turekian was a man of remarkable scientific breadth, with innumerable important contributions to marine geochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, cosmochemistry, and global geochemical cycles. He was mentor to a long list of students, postdocs, and faculty (at Yale and elsewhere), a leader in geochemistry, a prolific author and editor, and had a profound influence in shaping his department at Yale University.
In 1949 Karl joined a graduate program in the new field of geochemistry at Columbia University under Larry Kulp with students Dick Holland and his fellow Wheaton alums Wally Broecker and Paul Gast. This was a propitious time as Columbia's Lamont Geological Observatory had only been established a few years beforehand. It was during these years that Karl began to acquire the skills that led to his rapid emergence as a leader in geochemistry.
After a brief postdoc at Columbia, Karl accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Geology at Yale University in 1956, where he set out to create a program in geochemistry from scratch. Karl spent the rest of his life on the Yale faculty and was immersed in geochemistry to the end. He was deeply involved in editing this edition of the massive Treatise on Geochemistry, which has grown to 15 volumes, until only a month before his passing away on 15 March 2013.
Karl turned to the study of deep-sea cores and especially the analysis of trace elements to study the wide variety of geochemical processes that are recorded there. His work with Hans Wedepohl in writing and tabulating the Handbook of Geochemistry (Turekian, 1969) was a major accomplishment and this work was utilized by many generations of geochemists. Teaming up with his graduate students and in association with Paul Gast, he developed a mass spectrometry lab at Yale and began to thoroughly investigate the Rb-Sr isotopic systematics of deep-sea clays, not only as repositories but also as sites for exchange to occur and serve as a control of the geochemistry of ocean water.
Karl was a major player in a revolutionary marine geochemistry campaign known as the Geochemical Ocean Section Study (GEOSECS). GEOSECS was part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration in the 1970s, and it took aim at measuring and understanding the distribution of geochemical tracers for circulation and biogeochemistry in the world's oceans.. It was also within this same time period that another large-scale 'geochemical' sampling program known as Apollo 11 came along. Here Karl utilized his INAA techniques to examine some of the first returned lunar samples for their trace elements. Karl was particularly proud of being the holder of the Silliman Chair and being curator of the Yale meteorite collection. In a continuation of Karl's foray into cosmochemistry, Andy Davis came to Yale to study with Karl and Sydney Clark.
Equally important to the legacy of what Karl did for science in his research contributions on and across the planet was his influence on scientists. His legendary daily coffee hours were a training ground for many generations of students, postdocs, and visitors, as well as a proving ground for Karl's own ideas. He had a great love for vigorous scientific debate. Karl loved to question and be questioned. Nothing was sacred and, in the act of questioning as in exploring, new science arises. He was extraordinarily supportive of people, always had time to discuss and listen, and helped everyone from students to his fellow faculty at Yale. Karl was twice department chair and even when not chair, a steadying influence in times of departmental difficulty.
Andrew M. Davis, Lawrence Grossman and Albert S. Colman
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Mark H. Thiemens
University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
This Obituary was first published in PNAS, Vol. 110, No. 41, 16290-16291, 10th October 2013 (c) 2013
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States and is reproduced with permission.
Editor
Institute of Oceanology
Yale University, Connecticut, USA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Director Emeritus, Academia Sinica Institute of Oceanology
Ecole Normale Superieure
Geology Research Division, University of California
President, European Science Foundation
Professor Emeritus, Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo
Institute of Oceanology
Editor-in-chief
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, U.S.A.