发现的偶然性:地球化学家的生活

IF 14.3 1区 地球科学 Q1 GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS
Willard S Moore
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我写这本自传的策略是,用一些例子来说明,在看似不同的项目上开展工作,往往会产生比最初设想更重要的结果。偶然性是一种快乐的意外,具体地说,就是在没有直接寻找的情况下发现了有用的东西。当两个研究项目不期而遇时,往往会出现这种情况。正文中举例说明了偶然性是如何引导我获得重要发现的,其中包括:(a) 发现海洋中 228Ra 活性出奇地高;(b) 开发出一种快速定量提取海水中镭的方法;(c) 设计出一种快速灵敏测量 224Ra 和 223Ra 的方法;(d) 认识到海底地下水排放的规模和生物地球化学重要性;(e) 构想出一种估算海底地下水排放到大西洋的总通量的方法。补充材料充实了这些发现的细节,并将其与我的其他研究结合起来。
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The Serendipity of Discovery: Life of a Geochemist.

My strategy for writing this autobiography is to use examples of how working on seemingly different projects can often lead to outcomes more important than originally envisioned. Serendipity is a happy accident-specifically, the accident of discovering something useful without directly looking for it. This often occurs when two research projects converge unexpectedly. The main text contains examples of how serendipity has led me to important discoveries, including (a) finding surprisingly high 228Ra activities in the ocean; (b) developing a means of rapidly and quantitatively extracting radium from seawater; (c) devising a rapid, sensitive method of measuring 224Ra and 223Ra; (d) realizing the scale and biogeochemical importance of submarine groundwater discharge; and (e) conceiving a method to estimate the total flux of submarine groundwater discharge to the Atlantic Ocean. The Supplemental Material fleshes out details of these discoveries and places them in the context of my other investigations.

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Annual Review of Marine Science
Annual Review of Marine Science 地学-地球化学与地球物理
CiteScore
33.60
自引率
0.60%
发文量
40
期刊介绍: The Annual Review of Marine Science, published since 2009, offers a comprehensive overview of the field. It covers various disciplines, including coastal and blue water oceanography (biological, chemical, geological, and physical), ecology, conservation, and technological advancements related to the marine environment. The journal's transition from gated to open access through Annual Reviews' Subscribe to Open program ensures that all articles are available under a CC BY license, promoting wider accessibility and dissemination of knowledge.
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