Geomorphology and the Carbon Cycle - Martin Evans

Geomorphology and the Carbon Cycle

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Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2022 | 1. Auflage
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-39321-4 (ISBN)
73,90 inkl. MwSt
The first systematic examination of the role of geomorphological processes in the cycling of carbon through the terrestrial system.

Geomorphology and the Carbon Cycle is the first systematic examination of the role of geomorphological processes in the cycling of carbon through the terrestrial system. Through a systematic analysis of the sediment cascade it argues that knowledge of geomorphological processes is fundamental to understanding the ways in which carbon is stored and recycled in the terrestrial environment.

The book integrates classical geomorphological theory with understanding of microbial processes controlling the decomposition of organic matter to develop an interdisciplinary research agenda for the analysis of the terrestrial carbon cycle.

The book develops a conceptual framework based on geomorphological understanding, and informed by work in ecology, microbiology and biogeochemistry, in order to analyse spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial carbon cycling at the landscape scale.

It also considers the ways in which, as Humanity enters the Anthropocene, the application of this science has the potential to manage the terrestrial carbon cycle to limit increases in atmospheric carbon.

  • Argues that knowledge of geomorphological processes is fundamental to understanding the ways in which carbon is stored and recycled in the terrestrial environment
  • Integrates classical geomorphological theory with understanding of microbial processes controlling the decomposition of organic matter
  • Develops an interdisciplinary research agenda for the analysis of the terrestrial carbon cycle
  • Informed by work in ecology, microbiology and biogeochemistry, in order to analyse spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial carbon cycling at the landscape scale
  • Considers the ways in which, as Humanity enters the Anthropocene, the application of this science has the potential to manage the terrestrial carbon cycle to limit increases in atmospheric carbon

Martin Evans is Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Manchester, UK. He has studied physical geography at Oxford and the University of British Columbia, and worked at the University of Durham before coming to Manchester. His research focusses on the application of geomorphological and hydrological knowledge, to understanding the terrestrial carbon cycle and wider ecosystem services, with a particular interest in peatland systems.

Contents



Series Editors' Preface viii



Acknowledgements ix



Part I The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Geomorphological Theory 1



1 Geomorphology and the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle 3



2 Geomorphology and the Fast Carbon Cycle 12



3 Geomorphology and the Geological Carbon Cycle 37



4 Geomorphological Theory and Practice: Material Fluxes in the
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle 53



Part II Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling Across the
Sediment Cascade 77



5 Carbon Cycling in Headwater Catchments 79



6 Hillslope Soil Erosion and Terrestrial Carbon Cycling 110



7 The Role of Floodplains in Terrestrial Carbon Cycling 136



8 Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling in the Coastal Ecotone 167



Part III A Geomorphological Approach to the Carbon Cycle 191



9 Geomorphology and Carbon Cycling in the Anthropocene 193



10 Towards a Geomorphologically Informed Model of Terrestrial
Carbon Cycling 218



References 240



Index 287

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie RGS-IBG Book Series
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 238 mm
Gewicht 618 g
Einbandart gebunden
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
ISBN-10 1-119-39321-3 / 1119393213
ISBN-13 978-1-119-39321-4 / 9781119393214
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