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The Atmosphere

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The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles

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The atmosphere forms a gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth with decreasing density up to a height of some 500 km where it passes gradually into space. It is composed of a mixture of gases called air constituting a compressible fluid tied to the planet by gravitational attraction.

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Schidlowski, M. (1980). The Atmosphere. In: The Natural Environment and the Biogeochemical Cycles. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-24940-6_1

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