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Note: Contents: 1 Global Distribution of Lakes / M. MEYBECK. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Background Material and Approaches to Global Lake Census. - 2.1 Data Used. - 2.2 Approaches to Global Lake Census. - 3 General Laws of Lake Distribution. - 3.1 Lake Density . - 3.2 Limnic Ratio. - 4 Distribution of Lakes of Tectonic Origin. - 5 Lakes of Glacial Origin. - 5.1 Lake Densities. - 5.2 Global Deglaciated Area. - 5.3 Total Number of Glacial Lakes. - 6 Fluvial Lakes. - 7 Global Distribution of Crater Lakes. - 8 Global Distribution of Saline Lakes. - 8.1 Coastal Lagoons. - 8.2 Salinized Lakes due to Evaporation. - 9 Global Lake Distribution. - 9.1 Extrapolation Approach. - 9.2 Lake Type Approach. - 9.3 Climatic Typology Approach. - 9.4 Lake Distribution in Endorheic Areas. - 9.5 Global Dissolved Salt Distribution in Lakes. - 10 Major Changes in Global Lake Distribution in the Geological Past. - 10.1 Lake Ages. - 10.2 Historical Changes. - 10.3 Postglacial Changes. - 11 Discussion and Conclusions. - References. - 2 Hydrological Processes and the Water Budget of Lakes / T. C. WINTER. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Hydrological System with Regard to Lakes. - 2.1 Interaction of Lakes with Atmospheric Water. - 2.2 Interaction of Lakes with Surface Water. - 2.3 Interaction of Lakes with Subsurface Water. - 2.4 Change in Lake Volume. - 3 Summary. - References. - 3 Hydrological and Thermal Response of Lakes to Climate: Description and Modeling / S. W. HOSTETLER. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Hydrological Response. - 3 The Hydrological Budget. - 4 Hydrological Models. - 5 Thermal Response. - 5.1 Energy Budget and Energy Budget Models. - 5.2 Models and Modeling. - 6 Use of Models to Link Lakes with Climate Change. - 7 Input Data Sets. - 8 Sample Applications. - 9 Summary. - References. - 4 Mixing Mechanisms in Lakes / D. M. IMBODEN and A. WÜEST. - 1 Transport and Mixing. - 2 Lakes as Physical Systems. - 3 Fluid Dynamics: Mathematical Description of Advection and Diffusion. - 3.1 Equations of Fluid Motion. - 3.2 Turbulence, Reynolds' Stress, and Eddy Diffusion. - 3.3 Vertical Momentum Equation. - 3.4 Nonlocal Diffusion and Transilient Mixing. - 4 Density and Stability of Water Column. - 4.1 Equation of State of Water. - 4.2 Potential Temperature and Local Vertical Stability. - 5 Energy Fluxes: Driving Forces Behind Transport and Mixing. - 5.1 Thermal Energy. - 5.2 Potential Energy. - 5.3 Kinetic Energy. - 5.4 Turbulent Kinetic Energy Balance in Stratified Water. - 5.5 Internal Turbulent Energy Fluxes: Turbulence Cascade. - 6 Mixing Processes in Lakes. - 6.1 Waves and Mixing. - 6.2 Mixing in the Surface Layer. - 6.3 Diapycnal Mixing. - 6.4 Boundary Mixing. - 6.5 Double Diffusion. - 6.6 Isopycnal Mixing. - 7 Mixing and Its Ecological Relevance. - 7.1 Time Scales of Mixing. - 7.2 Reactive Species and Patchiness. - 7.3 Mixing and Growth: The Search for an Ecological Steering Factor. - References. - 5 Stable Isotopes of Fresh and Saline Lakes / J. R. GAT. - 1 Introduction. - 1.1 Isotope Separatio During Evaporation. - 2 Small-Area Lakes. - 2.1 Seasonal and Annual Changes. - 2.2 Deep Freshwater Lakes. - 2.3 Transient Surface-Water Bodies. - 3 Interactive and Feedback Systems. - 3.1 Network of Surface-Water Bodies. - 3.2 Recycling of Reevaporated Moisture into the Atmosphere. - 3.3 Large Lakes. - 3.4 Large-Area Lakes with Restricted Circulation. - 4 Saline Lakes. - 4.1 Isotope Hydrology of Large Salt Lakes. - 4.2 Ephemeral Salt Lakes and Sabkhas. - 5 Isotopie Paleolimnology. - 6 Conclusions: From Lakes to Oceans. - References. - 6 Exchange of Chemicals Between the Atmosphere and Lakes / P. VLAHOS, D. MACKAY, S. J. EISENREICH, and KC. HORNBUCKLE. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Air-Water Partitioning Equilibria. - 3 Diffusion Between Water and Air. - 4 Volatilization and Absorption: Double-Resistance Approach. - 5 Factors Affecting Mass-Transfer Coefficients. - 6 Partitioning of Chemical to Paniculate Matter in Air and Water. - 6.1 Air. - 6.2 Water. - 7 Atmospheric Deposition Processes. - 7.1 Dry Deposition. - 7.2 Wet Deposition. - 8 Specimen Calculation. - 8.1 Step 1: Physicochemical Properties. - 8.2 Step 2: Mass-Transfer Coefficients. - 8.3 Step 3: Sorption in Air and Water. - 8.4 Step 4: Equilibrium Status. - 8.5 Step 5: Volatilization and Deposition Rates. - 9 Role of Air-Water Exchange in Lake Mass Balances. - 10 Case Studies. - 10.1 Mass Balance on Siskiwit Lake, Isle Royale. - 10.2 Mass Balance on Lake Superior. - 10.3 Air-Water Exchange in Green Bay, Lake Michigan. - 10.4 Air-Water Exchange in Lake Superior. - 11 Conclusions. - References. - 7 Atmospheric Depositions: Impact of Acids on Lakes / W. STUMM and J. SCHNOOR. - Abstract. - 1 Introduction: Anthropogenic Generation of Acidity. - 1.1 Genesis of Acid Precipitation. - 2 Acidity and Alkalinity: Neutralizing Capacities. - 2.1 Transfer of Acidity (or Alkalinity) from Pollution Through the Atmosphere to Ecosystems. - 3 Acidification of Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. - 3.1 Disturbance of H+ Balance from Temporal or Spatial Decoupling of the Production and Mineralization of the Biomass. - 3.2 In Situ H+ Ion Neutralization in Lakes. - 3.3 Krug and Frink Revisited. - 4 Brønsted Acids and Lewis Acids: Pollution by Heavy Metals, as Influenced by Acidity. - 4.1 Cycling of Metals. - 4.2 Pb in Soils. - 5 Impact of Acidity on Ecology in Watersheds. - 5.1 Soils. - 5.2 Lakes. - 5.3 Nitrogen Saturation of Forests. - 6 Critical Loads. - 6.1 Critical Load Maps. - 6.2 Models for Critical Load Evaluation. - 7 Case Studies. - 7.1 Chemical Weathering of Crystalline Rocks in the Catchment Area of Acidic Ticino Lakes, Switzerland. - 7.2 Watershed Manipulation Project at Bear Brooks, Maine. - 8 Summary. - References. - 8 Redox-Driven Cycling of Trace Elements in Lakes / J. HAMILTON-TAYLOR and W. DAVISON. - 1 Introduction. - 2 Major Biogeochemical Cycles and Pathways. - 3 Iron and Manganese. - 3.1 Transformations and Cycling. - 3.2 Iron and Manganese Compounds as Carrier Phases. - 4 Sediment-Water Interface. - 4.1 Diffusive Flux from Sediments. - 4.2 Evidence of Little or No Diffusive Efflux from Sediments. - 4.3 Transient Remobilization. - 4.4 Diffusive Flux into Sediments. - 5 Pathways Involving Redox Reactions Directly: Case Studies. - 5.1 Arsenic. - 5.2 Chromium. - 5.3 239,240Pu. - 5.4 Selenium 6 Pathways Involving Redox Reactions Indirectly: Case Studies. - 6.1 137Cs. - 6.2 Stable Pb, 210Pb, and 210Po. - 6.3 Zinc. - 7 Summary and Conclusions. - References. - 9 Comparative Geochemistry of Marine Saline Lakes / F. T. MACKENZIE, S. VINK, R. WOLLAST, and L. CHOU. - 1 Introduction. - 2 General Characteristics of Marine Saline Lakes. - 3 Comparative Sediment-Pore-Water Reactions. - 3.1 Mangrove Lake, Bermuda. - 3.2 Solar Lake, Sinai. - 4 Conclusions. - References. - 10 Organic Matter Accumulation Records in Lake Sediments / P. A. MEYERS and R. ISHIWATARI. - 1 Introduction. - 1.1 Significance of Organic Matter in Lake Sediments. - 1.2 Origins of Organic Matter to Lake Sediments. - 1.3 Alterations of Organic Matter During Deposition. - 1.4 Similarities and Differences Between Organic Matter in Sediments of Lakes and Oceans. - 1.5 Dating of Lake-Sediment Records. - 2 Indicators of Sources and Alterations of Total Organic Matter in Lake Sediments. - 2.1 Source Information Preserved in C/N Ratios of Sedimentary Organic Matter. - 2.2 Source Information from Carbon-Stable Isotopic Compositions. - 2.3 Source Information from Nitrogen-Stable Isotopic Compositions. - 3 Origin and Alterations of Humic Substances. - 4 Sources and Alterations of Lipid Biomarkers. - 4.1 Alteration of Lipids During Deposition. - 4.2 Changes in Sources vs Selective Diagenesis. - 4.3 Effects of Sediment Grain Size on Geolipid Compositions. - 4.4 Source Records of Alkanes in Lake Sediments. - 4.5 Preserv

Note: Contents: Abstract. - Introduction. - Bunger Hills-Obruchev Hills area. - Metamorphic rocks. - Pyroxene-quartz-feldspar gneiss. - Mafic granulite. - Ultramafic rocks. - Garnet-quartz-feldspar gneiss. - Aluminous metasediments. - Quartzite. - Calc-silicate rocks and marble. - Igneous rocks. - Mafic to felsic plutonic rocks. - Felsic dykes and minor intrusions. - Mafic dykes. - Rapakivi granite and felsic volcanics. - Denman Glacier Area. - Metamorphic rocks. - Felsic orthogneiss. - Mafic rocks. - Ultramafic rocks. - Garnet-quartz-feldspar gneiss. - Metasediments. - Igneous rocks. - Mafic to felsic plutonic rocks. - Felsic dykes and minor intrusions. - Mafic dykes. - Mount Amundsen and Mount Sandow. - Sandow Group. - Sediments. - Metabasalt. - Structural Geology. - Bunger Hills area. - D1 deformation. - D2 deformation. - D3 deformation. - D4 deformation. - Denman Glacier area and Mounts Amundsen and Sandow. - Metamorphism. - Bunger Hills area. - Peak metamorphism. - Retrograde metamorphism. - Denman Glacier area. - Discussion. - Geological history of the Bunger Hills area. - Regional correlations. - Gondwana reconstruction and tectonic synthesis. - Gondwana correlations. - Acknowledgements. - References. - Appendix: Chemical analyses of rock samples rom the Bunger Hills and Denman Glacier areas. - Analytical methods. - Precision and accuracy.

Note: Inhalt: 1 Geophysik / Rudolf Gutdeutsch. - 1.1 Einleitung. - 1.2 Mechanik des Erdkörpers. - 1.2.1 Schwere und Figur der Erde. - 1.2.1.1 Das Geoid. - 1.2.1.2 Messung und Deutung der Schwere. - 1.2.1.3 Isostasie. - 1.2.2 Effekte der Erdrotation. - 1.2.2.1 Gezeiten der festen Erde. - 1.2.2.2 Die Erde als Kreisel. - 1.2.3 Erdbeben und Ausbreitung seismischer Wellen im Erdinneren. - 1.2.3.1 Sichtbare Wirkungen im Nahbereich. - 1.2.3.2 Parametrisierung der Vorgänge in der Nähe des Erdbebenherdes. - 1.2.3.3 Die Aufzeichnung von Erdbeben. - 1.2.3.4 Erdbebengeographie und Plattentektonik. - 1.2.4 Eigenschwingungen der Erde. - 1.3 Aufbau und Geschichte der Erde. - 1.3.1 Schalenaufbau des Erdinneren. - 1.3.2 Temperatur und elektrische Leitfähigkeit. - 1.3.3 Alter und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Erde. - 1.3.4 Geschichte der Lithosphäre und globale Tektonik. - 1.4 Erdmagnetismus und damit verbundene Erscheinungen. - 1.4.1 Meßmethoden und Beobachtungsmaterial. - 1.4.2 Trennung des Erdmagnetfeldes in einen inneren und einen äußeren Anteil . - 1.4.3 Erdmagnetisches Innenfeld. - 1.4.4 Erdmagnetisches Außenfeld. - 1.4.4.1 Antiebsmechanismen durch die Sonnenaktivität. - 1.4.4.2 Die Magnetosphäre. - 1.4.4.3 Die Ionosphäre. - 1.4.4.4 Pulsationen. - 1.4.4.5 Der magnetisch ruhige Tag - Sq und L-Variationen. - 1.4.4.6 Der erdmagnetische Sturm und damit gleichzeitig auftretende Erscheinungen. - 1.5 Gemeinschaftsprojekte der Geophysik. - 2 Ozeanographie / Gerold Siedler, Walter Zenk. - 2.1 Einführung. - 2.2 Physikalische Grundlagen. - 2.2.1 Zustandsgrößen. - 2.2.2 Thermodynamik. - 2.2.3 Hydrodynamik. - 2.3 Vermischung und Wassermassen. - 2.4 Beschreibung des Ozeans. - 2.4.1 Topographie des Meeres. - 2.4.2 Wärme- und Wasserhaushalt. - 2.4.3 Schichtung und Wassermassenverteilung. - 2.4.4 Eis im Meer. - 2.5 Dynamik des Ozeans. - 2.5.1 Meeresströmungen. - 2.5.2 Wellen. - 2.6 Meßmethoden und Instrumente. - 2.6.1 Einleitung. - 2.6.2 Meßplattformen. - 2.6.3 Wasserschöpfer. - 2.6.4 Bestimmung der Wasser- und Instrumententiefe. - 2.6.5 Temperaturmessung. - 2.6.6 Salzgehaltsmessung. - 2.6.7 Schallgeschwindigkeitsmessung. - 2.6.8 Messung von Wasserstand und Seegang. - 2.6.9 Strömungsmeßverfahren. - 2.6.10 Satellitenmeßverfahren. - 2.6.11 Akustische Tomographie. - 3 Meteorologie / Heinz Reuter, Michael Hantel, Reinhold Steinacker. - 3.1 Einführung und Überblick, historische Entwicklung. - 3.1.1 Grundfragen der Meteorologie. - 3.1.2 Die Besonderheiten des Planeten Erde. - 3.1.3 Organisation des Beobachtungsnetzes. - 3.1.4 Die Entwicklung der meteorologischen Vorstellungen. - 3.2 Physikalische Grundlagen der meteorologischen Prozesse. - 3.2.1 Elektromagnetische Strahlung. - 3.2.1.1 Irradianz und Radianz. - 3.2.1.2 Das Modell des schwarzen Körpers. - 3.2.1.3 Wechselwirkung von Strahlung mit Materie. - 3.2.1.4 Strahlungsflußdichte, Strahlungsheizung, Strahlungsbilanz. - 3.2.2 Hydrostatik von Geofluiden. - 3.2.2.1 Zustandsgrößen. - 3.2.2.2 Die Zustandsgleichung für ideale Gase. - 3.2.2.3 Das Geopotential. - 3.2.2.4 Die hydrostatische Gleichung. - 3.2.2.5 Die barometrische Höhenformel. - 3.2.2.6 Der physikalische Aufbau der Atmosphäre. - 3.2.3 Meteorologische Thermodynamik. - 3.2.3.1 Das Prinzip der Energieerhaltung. - 3.2.3.2 Formen mechanischer Energie. - 3.2.3.3 Energieumwandlungen. - 3.2.3.4 Die Energieform Wärme. - 3.2.3.5 Die potentielle Temperatur. - 3.2.3.6 Chemische Energie. - 3.2.4 Wasser in der Atmosphäre. - 3.2.4.1 Feuchtemaße. - 3.2.4.2 Die äquivalentpotentielle Temperatur. - 3.2.4.3 Tropfenbildung und Tropfenwachstum. - 3.2.5 Chemie der Atmosphäre. - 3.2.5.1 Chemische Grundbegriffe. - 3.2.5.2 Chemische Zusammensetzung der Atmosphäre. - 3.2.5.3 Aerosol. - 3.2.5.4 Spurenstoffhaushalte. - 3.2.6 Geofluiddynamik. - 3.2.6.1 Erdbeschleunigung. - 3.2.6.2 Die Coriolis-Kraft. - 3.2.6.3 Die Druckgradientkraft (Normaldruck). - 3.2.6.4 Reibungskräfte (Tangentialdruck). - 3.2.6.5 Die Bewegungsgleichung für Geofluide. - 3.2.6.6 Besonderheiten des Horizontalwindes. - 3.2.6.7 Kinematische Größen des Stromfeldes. - 3.2.7 Erhaltungssätze für Geofluide. - 3.2.7.1 Die Massenerhaltungsgleichung. - 3.2.7.2 Die Haushaltsgleichung für den Wasserdampf. - 3.2.7.3 Die Erhaltung der Energie. - 3.2.7.4 Die Vertikalgeschwindigkeit. - 3.2.8 Wellen und Instabilitäten. - 3.2.8.1 Beschreibung von Wellen. - 3.2.8.2 Schallwellen. - 3.2.8.3 Auftriebsschwingungen und interne Schwerewellen. - 3.2.8.4 Rossby-Wellen. - 3.2.8.5 Instabilitäten. - 3.2.9 Die Grenzschicht. - 3.2.9.1 Das Turbulenzphänomen. - 3.2.9.2 Turbulente Flüsse und Eigenschaftstransporte. - 3.2.9.3 Ein einfaches Grenzschichtmodell. - 3.2.9.4 Die Mischungsschicht. - 3.2.9.5 Ekman-Pumpen. - 3.2.9.6 Vertikalaufbau der planetaren Grenzschicht. - 3.2.9.7 Das Parametrisierungsproblem. - 3.3 Die quantitative Erfassung des Wetters. - 3.3.1 Meteorologische Beobachtungen. - 3.3.1.1 Beobachtete Größen. - 3.3.1.2 Übermittlung und Analyse der Beobachtungen. - 3.3.1.3 Skaligkeit der Geofluide. - 3.3.2 Wettersysteme. - 3.3.2.1 Phänomenologie außertropischer Wettersysteme. - 3.3.2.2 Barotropie und Baroklinität. - 3.3.2.3 Der thermische Wind. - 3.3.2.4 Der Strahlstrom. - 3.3.2.5 Die barokline Instabilität. - 3.3.2.6 Vorticity, Divergenz und Vertikalbewegung in baroklinen Wellen. - 3.3.2.7 Fronten. - 3.3.2.8 Zirkulationssatz, lokale Windsysteme. - 3.3.2.9 Verfügbare potentielle Energie, Energiekreislauf. - 3.3.3 Wettervorhersage. - 3.3.3.1 Methoden der Wettervorhersage. - 3.3.3.2 Ein numerisches Trajektorienmodell (Lagrange). - 3.3.3.3 Ein numerisches Gitterpunktsmodell (Euler). - 3.3.3.4 Wettervorhersage mit den primitiven Gleichungen. - 3.3.3.5 Messung der Vorhersagegüte. - 3.3.3.6 Vorhersagbarkeit. - 3.4 Forschungsaufgaben der modernen Meteorologie. - 3.4.1 Wetterprognose. - 3.4.2 Spurenstoffmeteorologie. - 3.4.3 Biometeorologie (Medizinmeteorologie). - 3.4.4 Energie und Klima. - 3.4.5 Nichtlineare Dynamik. - 3.4.6 Internationales Programm Geosphäre-Biosphäre (IGBP). - 4 Klimatologie / Michael Hantel. - 4.1 Einleitung: Das Klimasystem. - 4.1.1 Die Komponenten des Klimasystems. - 4.1.2 Definition von Begriffen in der Klimatologie. - 4.1.3 Die Skaligkeit der Klimaphänomene. - 4.2 Erhebung und Ordnung von Klimadaten. - 4.2.1 Die Klimabeobachtung. - 4.2.2 Das Klimadiagramm. - 4.2.3 Darstellung von Klimagrößen als Karte. - 4.2.4 Satellitendaten (Fernerkundung). - 4.2.5 Ordnung der Klimaelemente. - 4.2.6 Budgetelemente. - 4.2.7 Sekundäre Klimaelemente. - 4.2.8 Komplexe Klimaelemente. - 4.3 Der Strahlungshaushalt. - 4.3.1 Das Stefan-Boltzmannsche Strahlungsgesetz. - 4.3.2 Der "Treibhauseffekt". - 4.3.3 Der globale Strahlungshaushalt. - 4.3.4 Zonal gemittelter Strahlungshaushalt. - 4.4 Der Energiehaushalt des Klimasystems. - 4.4.1 Energieformen in den Klimafluiden. - 4.4.2 Das Konzept des Energieflusses. - 4.4.3 Die Flußdivergenz. - 4.4.4 Die Speicherung. - 4.4.5 Energiekonversionen. - 4.4.6 Der Energiehaushalt einer Klimasäule. - 4.5 Klimagrößen der globalen Atmosphäre. - 4.5.1 Die Temperatur der Atmosphäre. - 4.5.2 Der Feuchtehaushalt der Atmosphäre. - 4.5.3 Das globale Windsystem. - 4.6 Klimagrößen des Weltmeeres. - 4.6.1 Das thermohaline Feld. - 4.6.2 Das oberflächennahe Strömungsfeld. - 4.6.3 Die Tiefenzirkulation. - 4.6.4 Der Windschub. - 4.6.5 EI Niño. - 4.7 Mechanismen der Klimafluide. - 4.7.1 Turbulenz: Nichtlinearität und Eddy-Mechanismus. - 4.7.2 Grenzschichten in Atmosphäre und Ozean. - 4.7.3 Konvektion in den Klimafluiden. - 4.7.4 Der globale Drehimpulshaushalt. - 4.8 Klimagrößen und -mechanismen der Klimasolide. - 4.8.1 Der Energiehaushalt einer Luft-Boden-Säule. - 4.8.2 Der hydrologische Haushalt einer Luft-Boden-Säule. - 4.8.3 Die Kryosphäre. - 4.9 Klimaklassifikation an der Erdoberfläche. - 4.10 Die Geobiosphäre. - 4.10.1 Spurenstoffhaushalte. - 4.10.2 Der Treibha

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