Biological Weathering and the Environment of the Earth

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
Part I: Biological Weathering
	Chapter 1: Weathering and Feedback System
	Chapter 2: Plant-Induced Weathering
	Chaper 3: Weathering as a Physiological Strategy
		Bamboo Forest
		Pine forest
Part II: Diatom Contribution
	Chapter 4: Diatoms
	Chapter 5: Frustrating Frustules
	Chapter 6: Extra Nerdy Proof of Dirty Frustules
	Chapter 7: Diatoms Eat Rock
	Chapter 8: Transparent Exopolymer Particles (TEPs)
	Chapter 9: Diatoms and Marine Chemistry
Part III: Weathering in the Ocean
	Chapter 10: Coupling of Carbon and Silica in the Oceans
	Chapter 11: Weathering in the Oceans
	Chapter 12: How to Store (or Release) Carbon in (or from) Deep Ocean
Part IV: Ocean Weathering and the Glacial Cycles
	Chapter 13: Glacial Cycles and Unresolved Questions
	Chapter 14: Ocean Weathering as a Key to Glacial Problems
Part V: Ocean Weathering May Save Us
	Chapter 15: CO2 in the Present-Day
	Chapter 16: Ocean Weathering as a Key to the Contemporary CO2 Problem
	Chapter 17: Diatom May Save Us: An Urgent Proposal
Epilogue
Appendix: Geochemical Evidence for Ocean Weathering in Glacial-Interglacial Cycles
	The Isotope Ratio of Carbon in Carbonate
	Burial Rate of Calcium Carbonate
	Burial Rate of Opal
	The Isotope Ratio of N and Si
	Iron (Fe) Deposit
	A6. Aluminum Deposit
	Barium Deposit
	Nd Isotope Ratio
	Testing the Input of Terrigenous Elements via Diatomaceous Activity
References
Index