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Note: Contents: PART I EQUATIONS OF MOTION AND BASIC IDEAS ON DISCRETIZATIONS. - 1 Some Basic Dynamics Relevant to the Design of Atmospheric Model Dynamical Cores / John Thuburn. - 2 Waves, Hyperbolicity and Characteristics / Joseph Tribbia and Roger Temam. - 3 Horizontal Discretizations: Some Basic Ideas / John Thuburn. - 4 Vertical Discretizations: Some Basic Ideas / John Thuburn. - 5 Time Discretization: Some Basic Approaches / Dale R. Durran. - 6 Stabilizing Fast Waves / Dale R. Durran. - PART II CONSERVATION LAWS, FINITE-VOLUME METHODS, REMAPPING TECHNIQUES AND SPHERICAL GRIDS. - 7 Momentum, Vorticity and Transport: Considerations in the Design of a Finite-Volume Dynamical Core / Todd D. Ringler. - 8 Atmospheric Transport Schemes: Desirable Properties and a Semi-Lagrangian View on Finite-Volume Discretizations / Peter H. Lauritzen, Paul A. Ullrich, and Ramachandran D. Nair. - 9 Emerging Numerical Methods for Atmospheric Modeling / Ramachandran D. Nair, Michael N. Levy, and Peter H. Lauritzen. - 10 Voronoi Tessellations and Their Application to Climate and Global Modeling / Lili Ju, Todd Ringler, and Max Gunzburger. - PART III PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DYNAMICAL CORES IN WEATHER AND CLIMATE MODELS. - 11 Conservation in Dynamical Cores: What, How and Why? / John Thuburn. - 12 Conservation of Mass and Energy for the Moist Atmospheric Primitive Equations on Unstructured Grids / Mark A. Taylor. - 13 The Pros and Cons of Diffusion, Filters and Fixers in Atmospheric General Circulation Models / Christiane Jablonowski and David L. Williamson. - 14 Kinetic Energy Spectra and Model Filters / William C. Skamarock. - 15 A Perspective on the Role of the Dynamical Core in the Development of Weather and Climate Models / Richard B. Rood. - 16 Refactoring Scientific Applications for Massive Parallelism / John M. Dennis and Richard D. Loft.

Note: Contents: PART I PRINCIPLES OF EXTREME SOIL MICROBIOLOGY. - 1 The Microbiological Promises of Extreme Soils / Patrice Dion. - 2 Microbial Diversity, Life Strategies, and Adaptation to Life in Extreme Soils / Vigdis Torsvik and Lise Øvreås. - 3 Extreme Views on Prokaryote Evolution / Patrice Dion. - 4 Biodiversity: Extracting Lessons from Extreme Soils / Diana H. Wall. - PART II NATURAL EXTREME SOILS. - 5 Halophilic and Halotolerant Micro-Organisms from Soils / Antonio Ventosa, Encarnacion Mellado, Cristina Sanchez-Porro, and M. Carmen Marquez. - 6 Atacama Desert Soil Microbiology / Benito G6mez-Silva, Fred A. Rainey, Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes, Christopher P. McKay, and Rafael Navarro-Gonzruez. - 7 Microbial Communities and Processes in Arctic Permafrost Environments / Dirk Wagner. - 8 Aerobic, Endospore-Forming Bacteria from Antarctic Geothermal Soils / Niall A. Logan and Raymond N. Allan. - 9 Peatland Microbiology / Shwet Kamal and Ajit Vanna. - 10 Subsurface Geomicrobiology of the Iberian Pyritic Belt / Ricardo Amils, David Femandez-Remolar, Felipe Gómez, Elena González-Toril, Nuria Rodriguez, Carlos Briones, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, Jose Luis Sanz, Emiliano Díaz,Todd O. Stevens, Carol R. Stoker, the MARTE Team. - 11 The Potential for Extant Life in the Soils of Mars / Ronald L. Crawford and David A. Newcombe. - PART III ANTHROPOGENIC EXTREME SOILS. - 12 Bacteriology of Extremely Cold Soils Exposed to Hydrocarbon Pollution / Lucas A.M. Ruberto, Susana C. Vazquez, and Walter P. Mac Cormack. - 13 Microbiology of Oil-Contaminated Desert Soils and Coastal Areas in the Arabian Gulf Region / Samir Radwan. - 14 Microbial Communities in Fire-Affected Soils / Christopher Janzen and Tarnmy Tobin-Janzen. - 15 Endophytes and Rhizosphere Bacteria of Plants Growing in Heavy Metal-Containing Soils / Angela Sessitsch and Markus Puschemeiter. - 16 Interactions of Fungi and Radionuclides in Soil / John Dighton, Tatyana Tugay, and Nelli Zhdanova. - Index.

Note: Table of Contents: 1 The Solid Phase of Marine Sediments / DIETER K. FÜTTERER 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Sources and Components of Marine Sediments 1.2.1 Lithogenous Sediments 1.2.2 Biogenous Sediments 1.2.3 Hydrogenous Sediments 1.3 Classification of Marine Sediments 1.3.1 Terrigenous Sediments 1.3.2 Deep-Sea Sediments 1.4 Global Patterns of Sediment Distribution 1.4.1 Distribution Patterns of Shelf Sediments 1.4.2 Distribution Patterns of Deep-Sea Sediments 1.4.3 Distribution Patterns of Glay Minerals 1.4.4 Sedimentation Rates 2 Geophysical Perspectives in Marine Sediments 2.1 Physical Properties of Marine Sediments / MONIKA BREITZKE 2.1.1 Introduction 2.1.2 Porosity and Wet Bulk Density 2.1.2.1 Analysis by Weight and Volume 2.1.2.2 Gamma Ray Attenuation 2.1.2.3 Electrical Resistivity (Galvanic Method) 2.1.2.4 Electrical Resistivity (Inductive Method) 2.1.3 Permeability 2.1.4 Acoustic and Elastic Properties 2.1.4.1 Biot-Stoll Model 2.1.4.2 Full Waveform Ultrasonic Gore Logging 2.1.5 Sediment Classification 2.1.5.1 Full Waveform Gore Logs as Acoustic Images 2.1.5.2 P-and S-Wave Velocity, Attenuation, Elastic Moduli and Permeability 2.1.6 Sediment Echosounding 2.1.6.1 Synthetic Seismograms 2.1.6.2 Narrow-Beam Parasound Echosounder Recordings 2.2 Sedimentary Magnetism / ULRICH BLEIL 2.2.1 Introduction 2.2.2 Biogenie Magnetic Minerals in Marine Sediments 2.2.3 Reduction Diagenesis of Magnetic Minerals in Marine Environments 3 Quantification of Early Diagenesis: Dissolved Constituents in Marine Pore Water / HORST D. SCHULZ 3.1 Introduction: How to Read Pore Water Concentration Profiles 3.2 Calculation of Diffusive Fluxes and Diagenetic Reaction Rates 3.2.1 Steady State and Non-Steady State Situations 3.2.2 The Steady State Situation and Fick's First Law of Diffusion 3.2.3 Quantitative Evaluation of Steady State Concentration Profiles 3.2.4 The Non-Steady State Situation and Fick's Second Law of Diffusion 3.2.5 The Primary Redox-Reactions: Degradation of Organic Matter 3.3 Sampling of Pore Water for Ex-Situ Measurements 3.3.1 Obtaining Sampies of Sediment for the Analysis of Pore Water 3.3.2 Pore Water Extraction from the Sediment 3.3.3 Storage, Transport and Preservation of Pore Water 3.4 Analyzing Constituents in Pore Water, Typical Profiles 3.5 In-Situ Measurements 3.6 Influence of Bioturbation, Bioirrigation, and Advection 4 Organic Matter: The Driving Force for Early Diagenesis / JÜRGEN RULLKÖTTER 4.1 The Organic Carbon Cycle 4.2 Organic Matter Accumulation in Sediments 4.2.1 Productivity Versus Preservation 4.2.2 Primary Production of Organic Matter and Export to the Ocean Bottom 4.2.3 Transport of Organic Matter through the Water Column 4.2.4 The Influence of Sedimentation Rate on Organic Matter Burial 4.2.5 Allochthonous Organic Matter in Marine Sediments 4.3 Early Diagenesis 4.3.1 The Organic Carbon Content of Marine Sediments 4.3.2 Chemical Composition of Biomass 4.3.3 The Principle of Selective Preservation 4.3.4 The Formation of Fossil Organic Matter and its Bulk Composition 4.3.5 Early Diagenesis at the Molecular Level 4.3.6 Biological Markers (Molecular Fossils) 4.4 Organic Geochemical Proxies 4.4.1 Total Organic Carbon and Sulfur 4.4.2 Marine Versus Terrigenous Organic Matter 4.4.3 Molecular Paleo-Seawater Temperature and Climate Indicators 4.5 Analytical Techniques 4.5.1 Sam pie Requirements 4.5.2 Elemental and Bulk Isotope Analysis 4.5.3 Rock-Eval Pyrolysis and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography 4.5.4 Organic Petrography 4.5.5 Bitumen Analysis 4.6 The Future of Marine Geochemistry of Organic Matter 5 Bacteria and Marine Biogeochemistry / Bo BARKER JORGENSEN 5.1 Role of Microorganisms 5.1.1 From Geochemistry to Microbiology - and back 5.1.2 Approaches in Marine Biogeochemistry 5.2 Life and Environments at Small Scale 5.2.1 Hydrodynamics of Low Reynolds Numbers 5.2.2 Diffusion at Small Scale 5.2.3 Diffusive Boundary Layers 5.3 Regulation and Limits of Microbial Processes 5.3.1 Substrate Uptake by Microorganisms 5.3.2 Temperature as a Regulating Factor 5.3.3 Other Regulating Factors 5.4 Energy Metabolism of Prokaryotes 5.4.1 Free Energy 5.4.2 Reduction-Oxidation Processes 5.4.3 Relations to Oxygen 5.4.4 Definitions of Energy Metabolism 5.4.5 Energy Metabolism of Microorganisms 5.4.6 Chemolithotrophs 5.4.7 Respiration and Fermentation 5.5 Pathways of Organic Matter Degradation 5.5.1 Depolymerization of Macromolecules 5.5.2 Aerobic and Anaerobic Mineralization 5.5.3 Depth Zonation of Oxidants 5.6 Methods in Biogeochemistry 5.6.1 Incubation Experiments 5.6.2 Radioactive Tracers 5.6.3 Example: Sulfate Reduction 5.6.4 Specific Inhibitors 5.6.5 Other Methods 6 Early Diagenesis at the Benthic Boundary Layer: Oxygen and Nitrate in Marine Sediments / CHRISTIAN HENSEN AND MATTHIAS ZABEL 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Oxygen and Nitrate Distribution in Seawater 6.3 The Role of Oxygen and Nitrate in Marine Sediments 6.3.1 Respiration and Redox Processes 6.3.1.1 Nitrification and Denitrification 6.3.1.2 Coupling of Oxygen and Nitrate to other Redox Pathways 6.3.2 Determination of Consumption Rates and Senthic Fluxes 6.3.2.1 Fluxes and Concentration Profiles Determined by In-Situ Devices 6.3.2.2 Ex-Situ Pore Water Data from Deep-Sea Sediments 6.3.2.3 Determination of Denitrification Rates 6.3.3 Oxic Respiration, Nitrification and Denitrification in Different Marine Environments 6.3.3.1 Quantification of Rates and Fluxes 6.3.3.2 Variation in Different Marine Environments: Case Studies 6.4 Summary 7 The Reactivity of Iron / RALF R. HAESE 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Pathways of Iron Input to Marine Sediments 7.2.1 Fluvial Input 7.2.2 Aeolian Input 7.3 Iron as a Limiting Nutrient for Primary Productivity 7.4 The Early Diagenesis of Iron in Sediments 7.4.1 Dissimilatary Iran Reductian 7.4.2 Solid Phase Ferric Iron and its Bioavailability 7.4.2.1 Properties of Iron Oxides 7.4.2.2 Bioavailability of Iron Oxides 7.4.2.3 Bioavailability of Sheet Silicate Sound Ferric lron 7.4.3 Iron and Manganese Redax Cycles 7.4.4 Iron Reactivity towards S, O2, Mn, NO3, P, HCO3, and Si-AI 7.4.4.1 lron Reduction by HS and Ligands 7.4.4.2 Iron Oxidation by O2, NO3, and Mn4+ 7.4.4.3 Iron-Sound Phosphorus 7.4.4.4 The Formation of Siderite 7.4.4.5 The Formation of lron Searing Aluminosilicates 7.4.5 Discussion: The Importance of Fe-and Mn-Reactivity in Various Enyironments 7.5 The Assay for Ferric and Ferrous Iron 8 Sulfate Reduction in Marine Sediments / SABINE KASTEN AND BO BARKER JØRGENSEN 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Sulfate Reduction and the Degradation of Organic Matter 8.3 Biotic and Abiotic Processes Coupled to Sulfate Reduction 8.3.1 Pyrite Formation 8.3.2 Effects of Sulfate Reduction on Sedimentary Solid Phases 8.4 Determination of Sulfate Reduction Rates 9 Marine Carbonates: Their Formation and Destruction / RALPH R. SCHNEIDER, HORST D. SCHULZ AND CHRISTIAN HENSEN 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Marine Environments of Carbonate Production and Accumulation 9.2.1 Shallow-Water Carbonates 9.2.2 Pelagic Calcareous Sediments 9.3 The Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Marine Aquatic Systems 9.3.1 Primary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium with Atmospheric Contact in Infinitely Diluted Solutions 9.3.2 Primary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium without Atmospheric Contact 9.3.3 Secondary Reactions of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Seawater 9.3.4 Examples for Calculation of the Calcite-Carbonate-Equilibrium in Ocean Waters 9.4 Carbonate Reservoir Sizes and Fluxes between Particulate and Dissolved Reservoirs 9.4.1 Production Versus Dissolution of Pelagic Carbonates 9.4.2 Inorganic and Organic Carbon Release trom Deep-Sea Sediments 10 Influences of Geochemical Processes on Stable Isotope Distribution in Marine Sediments / TORSTEN SICKERT 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Fundamentals 10.2.1 Principles of Isotopic Fractionation 10.2.2 Analytical Procedures 10.3 Geochemicallnfluences on 18O/16O Ratios 10.3.1 δ18O of Seawater 10.3.2 δ18O in Marine Carbonates 10.4 Geochemical Influences on 13C/12C Ratios 10.4.1