| 1 Introduction |
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1.1 Air and atmosphere — a multiphase and multi-component system |
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1.2 Chemistry and environmental research |
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1.3 A historical perspective of air, water and chemistry |
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1.3.1 From Antiquity to the Renaissance: Before the discovery of the air composition |
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1.3.2 Discovery of the composition of air and water |
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1.3.3 Discovery of trace substances in air |
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1.3.4 Dust and acid rain: Air pollution |
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| 2 Chemical evolution |
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2.1 The pre-biological period |
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2.1.1 Origin of elements, molecules and the earth |
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2.1.2 Origin of organic bonded carbon |
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2.1.2.1 What is organic chemistry? |
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2.2 Evolution of the atmosphere |
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2.2.1 Degassing of the earth: The formation of the atmosphere |
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2.2.1.2 Gases occluded and produced from rocks |
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2.2.1.3 The pre-biological primitive atmosphere |
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2.2.2 Biosphere-atmosphere interaction |
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2.2.2.2 The rise of oxygen and ozone: Biogeochemical evolution |
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2.2.2.3 Photosynthesis: Non-equilibrium redox processes |
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2.2.2.4 A short history of understanding the process of photosynthesis |
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2.2.2.5 The carbon and oxygen pools and global cycling |
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2.2.2.6 Life limits by catastrophic events: Mass extinctions |
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2.3 The earth's energy sources |
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2.3.1.1 The sun and its radiation output |
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2.3.1.2 Solar radiation transfer through the atmosphere |
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2.3.2 Absorption and emission of light |
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2.3.2.1 Absorption (Lambert-Beer law) |
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2.3.2.2 Emission (Planck's law and Stefan-Boltzmann's law) |
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2.3.3 Terrestrial radiation and radiation budget |
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2.3.5.4 Comparison among earth's energy sources — potential for humans |
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2.3.6 Abiogenic versus biogenic formation of "fossil fuels" |
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2.4 The biosphere and global biogeochemical cycles |
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2.4.1 Biosphere and the noosphere |
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2.4.2 Biogeochemical cycling: The principles |
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2.4.3 Global biogeochemical cycles |
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2.4.4 What is the role of life in the earth's climate system? |
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2.5 The hydrosphere and the global water cycle |
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2.5.1 Water: Physical and chemical properties |
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2.5.1.1 Water structure: Hydrogen bond |
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2.5.1.3 Water properties in relation to the climate system |
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2.5.2 Hydrological cycle and the climate system |
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2.5.3.3 Haze, mist and fog |
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2.5.4 Dew, frost, rime, and interception |
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2.5.5 Soil water and groundwater: Chemical weathering |
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2.5.6 Surface water: Rivers and lakes |
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2.6 Sources of atmospheric constituents |
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2.6.1 Source characteristics |
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2.6.2.1 Vegetation and microorganisms (soils and waters) |
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2.6.3 The ocean as source |
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2.6.4.3 Volcanism and emanation |
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2.6.4.6 Atmospheric chemistry: Secondary sources |
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2.6.5 Anthropogenic sources |
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2.6.5.1 Fossil fuel use: The energy problem |
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2.6.5.2 Agriculture: The food problem |
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2.6.5.3 Land-use change and deforestation: The population problem |
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2.7 Emission of atmospheric substances |
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2.7.1.2 Dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) |
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2.7.1.3 Nitrogen monoxide (NO) |
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2.7.2.1 Sulfur dioxide (SO2) |
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2.7.2.2 Reduced sulfur compounds (H2S, DMS, COS) |
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2.7.3.1 Carbon dioxide (CO2) |
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2.7.3.2 Carbon monoxide (CO) |
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2.7.3.4 Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) |
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2.8 The human problem: A changing earth system |
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2.8.1 Human historic perspective: From the past into the future |
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2.8.2 Changing the chemical composition of the atmosphere: Variations and trends |
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2.8.2.1 Fundamentals: Why concentration fluctuates? |
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2.8.2.2 SO2, NO2 and dust: Classic for local to regional up-scaling |
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2.8.2.3 CO2: The fossil fuel era challenge |
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2.8.2.4 CH4 and N2O: Permanent agricultural associates |
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2.8.2.5 Halogenated organic compounds: Sit out problem |
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2.8.2.6 CO: The biomass burning problem |
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2.8.2.7 O3: Locally believed to be solved but regional unsolved |
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2.8.2.9 OH: The key oxidant |
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2.8.2.10 H2: Light but problematic |
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2.8.2.11 Volatile acid and OH precursor: HNO2 |
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2.8.2.12 Sea salt degassing: HC1 and the role of HNO3 |
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2.8.3 The carbon problem: Out of balance |
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2.8.3.1 The carbon budget |
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2.8.3.2 The CO2-carbonate system |
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2.8.3.3 Atmospheric CO2 residence time |
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2.8.4 Climate change mitigation: Global sustainable chemistry |
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2.8.4.1 Growth and steady state economy |
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2.8.4.2 Direct air capture |
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2.8.4.3 The carbon economy: CO2 cycling |
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2.8.4.4 Solar fuels: Carbon as a material and energy carrier |
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| 3 Climate, climate change and the climate system |
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3.1 Climate and climatology: A historical perspective |
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3.2 Climate and the climate system |
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3.3 Climate change and variability |
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3.4 Climate and chemistry |
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3.4.1 Chemical weather and climate |
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3.4.2 Precipitation chemistry climatology |
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3.4.3 Cloud chemistry climatology |
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| 4 Fundamentals of physico-chemistry in the climate system |
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4.1.1 Properties of gases: The ideal gas |
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4.1.1.1 Fluid characteristics |
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4.1.1.3 Mean free path and number of collisions between molecules |
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4.1.2 Units for chemical abundance: Concentrations and mixing ratios |
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4.1.3 Thermodynamics: The equations of state |
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4.2.1 Kinetics: The reaction rate constant |
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4.2.3 Photochemistry: The photolysis rate constant |
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4.2.4 Oxidation and reduction (the redox processes) |
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4.2.5 Acid-base reactions: Acidity and alkalinity |
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4.2.5.1 Environmental relevance of acidity |
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4.2.5.2 Acid-base theories |
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4.2.5.3 Atmospheric acidity |
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4.3.1 Aerosols, clouds and precipitation: The climate multiphase system |
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4.3.2 Gas-liquid equilibrium (Henry equilibrium) |
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4.3.3 Properties of droplets |
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4.3.3.1 Vapor pressure change: The Kelvin equation |
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4.3.3.2 Surface tension and surface active substances |
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4.3.3.3 Vapor pressure lowering: Raoult's law |
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4.3.3.4 Freezing point depression |
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4.3.4 Gas-to-particle formation: Homogeneous nucleation |
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4.3.5 Atmospheric aerosols and properties of aerosol particles |
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4.3.6 Formation of cloud droplets: Heterogeneous nucleation |
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4.3.7 Scavenging: Accommodation, adsorption and reaction (mass transfer) |
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4.3.7.1 Mass transfer: General remarks |
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4.3.7.3 Surface chemistry: Kinetics of heterogeneous chemical reaction |
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4.3.7.4 Mass transfer into the droplet with chemical reaction |
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4.4 Atmospheric removal: Deposition processes |
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4.5 Characteristic times: Residence time, lifetime and turnover time |
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| 5 Substances and chemical reactions in the climate system |
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5.1.1 The principles of chemistry in the climate system |
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5.1.2 Substances in the climate system |
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5.3.1 Atomic, molecular oxygen and ozone: O, O2 and O3 (Ox) |
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5.3.2 Reactive oxygen species I: OH, HO2 and H2O2 (OxHy species) |
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5.3.2.1 Atmosphere, free of trace species |
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5.3.2.2 Atmosphere with trace species |
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5.3.3 Reactive oxygen species II: RO, RO2 and ROOH |
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5.3.4 Water and the hydrated electron: H2O and H2O (eaq) |
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5.3.5 Aqueous phase oxygen chemistry |
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5.3.5.1 From dioxygen to peroxide (O2 chemistry) |
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5.3.5.2 From ozone to hydroxyl (O3 and O1 chemistry) |
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5.3.6 Multiphase oxygen chemistry |
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5.3.6.1 Historical remarks |
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5.3.6.2 Hydrogen peroxide |
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5.3.7 Stratospheric oxygen chemistry |
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5.4.1 Thermolysis of nitrogen: Formation of NO |
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5.4.3 Dinitrogen monoxide (N2O) |
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5.4.4 Nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and oxo acids |
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5.4.4.1 Gas phase chemistry |
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5.4.4.2 Aqueous phase and interfacial chemistry |
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5.4.5 Organic nitrogen compounds |
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5.4.5.1 Amines and nitriles |
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5.4.5.2 Organic NOx compounds |
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5.5.1 Sulfides (H2S, CS2, COS, RSH): Reduced sulfur |
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5.5.2 Oxides and oxoacids: SO2, H2SO3, SO3, H2SO4 |
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5.5.2.1 Gas phase SO2 oxidation |
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5.5.2.2 Aqueous sulfur chemistry |
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5.5.3 Multiphase sulfur chemistry |
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5.7.1 Elemental carbon and soot |
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5.7.2 C1 chemistry: CO, CO2, CH4, CH3OH, HCHO, HCOOH |
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5.7.3 C2 chemistry: C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, C2H5OH, CH3CHO, CH3COOH, (COOH)2 |
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5.7.4 Alkenes, ketones and aromatic compounds |
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5.7.5 Is the atmospheric fate of complex organic compounds predictable? |
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5.8 Halogens (C1, Br, F and I) |
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5.8.1 Gas phase chemistry |
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5.8.2 Aqueous and interfacial chemistry |
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| 6 Final remark |
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| Appendix |
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A.1 List of acronyms and abbreviations found in literature |
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A.2 Quantities, units and some useful numerical values |
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A.3 The geological timescale |
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| References |
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| Author index |
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| Subject index |
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