Processes in Karst system : physics, chemistry, and geology / Wolfgang Dreybrodt

Author:: Dreybrodt, Wolfgang
Published:: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1988]
Copyright Date:: ©1988
Physical Description:: xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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Series:

Springer series in physical environment ; 4.

Contents:

CHEMISTRY OF THE SYSTEM H20-C02-CAC03: Reactions and equilibria -- Boundary conditions for achieving equilibrium -- MASS TRANSPORT: The random walk problem as principle for diffusional mass transport -- The laws of diffusion -- Diffusive and advective mass transport -- Diffusion coefficients and their magnitudes -- CHEMICAL KINETICS: Rate laws of elementary and overall reactions -- Approaching equilibrium -- The kinetics of the reaction H20 + CO2 [not equal too] H+ + HC03- -- Mixed kinetics -- HYDRODYNAMICS OF FLOW: Laminar and turbulent flow -- DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION OF CALCITE: THE CEMISTRY OF THE HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE: Experimental methods of calcite dissolution -- The kinetics of calcite dissolution -- Kinetics of calcite precipitation -- Dissolution close to equilibrium -- MODELLING THE KINETICS OF CALCITE DISSOLUTION AND PRECIPITATION IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS OF KARST AREAS: Statement of the problem -- The mass transport equation -- Dissolution and precipitation kinetics in the open system -- Dissolution and precipitation kinetics in the closed system -- The influence of the diffusion boundary layer to dissolution and precipitation rates in turbulent flow -- Dissolution in natural systems -- KARST SYSTEMS: Fractures and discontinuities in limestone rocks -- Structural segments and tectonic control of caves -- Karst aquifers -- Caves -- Development of caves -- MODELS OF KARST DEVELOPMENT FROM THE INITIAL STATE TO MATURITY: Pressure fields in fractures and their influence on the development of early channels -- The network linking models of ewers -- Dissolution kinetics and the concept of penetration length -- Karst development from the initial state to maturity -- Geomorphological theories from the viewpoint of the mathematical model -- Experimental models -- Karst processes on the surface -- PRECIPITATION OF CALCITE IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS: SPELEOTHEMS: Growth and morphology -- Stalagmites -- Calcite precipitation in surface streams.

Subject(s):

Karst

ISBN:

0387188398 (U.S.)

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