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CRYOSPHERE
Figure 10-1.
Schematic relationships of the lithosphere (mineral), cryosphere (ice), hydrosphere (water), biosphere
(life) and atmosphere (air) to each other and to other factors that inl uence the Earth's suri cial environment.
External factors include solar energy, cosmic radiation, meteorite impacts, etc. Internal factors are related to plate
tectonics, heat l ow, geomagnetism, etc.
Figure 10-2.
Schematic sequence of wetland chemical transformations with decreasing Eh conditions at depth.
Adapted from Charman, D. 2002.
Peatlands and Environmental Change
. J. Wiley & Sons, London and New York,
301 p, Fig. 3.12b.
