Water on Earth: Physicochemical and Biological Properties

by Christophe L?cuyer and Christophe Lécuyer

Book Overview

The presence of water on Earth is discussed in this book using various theories about its origin as a basis. These theories include a massive degassing of the primitive parent bodies that built our planet as well as a late addition from comets that collided with the Earth's surface. The extraordinary physico-chemical properties of the water molecules, combined with its abundance and distribution over the Earth's surface, have contributed to regulating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848214774
• ISBN13: 9781848214774
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Wiley-Iste
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.2"