Bibliograph

The sea floor, an introduction to marine geology, Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang Berger

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The sea floor, an introduction to marine geology, Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang Berger

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sea floor

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

964383666

Responsibility statement

Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang Berger

Series statement

Springer textbooks in earth sciences, geography and environment,, 2510-1307

Sub title

an introduction to marine geology

Summary

This textbook deals with the most important items in Marine Geology, including some pioneer work. The list of topics has grown greatly in the last few decades beyond the items identified by Eugen Seibold as central and now includes prominently such things as methane and climate change; that is, the carbon cycle and the Earth system as a whole. Relevant geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological methods are shortly described. They should allow the reader to comment on new results about plate tectonics, marine sedimentation from the coasts to the deep sea, climatological aspects, paleoceanology and the use of the sea floor. The text tries to transmit to the reader excitement of marine geological research both aboard and in modern laboratories. Basic mineralogical, geochemical, biological and other relevant data and a detailed list of books and symposia are given in an Appendix. This Introduction builds on the third edition of "The Sea Floor" by E. Seibold and W.H. Berger. While much of the original text was written by Seibold, a considerable portion of the material presented in this edition is new, taking into account the recent great shift in marine geological research, some of it with great relevance to human concerns arising in a rapidly changing world

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Origin and Morphology of Ocean Basins -- 3. Origin and Morphology of Ocean Margins -- 4. Sources and Composition of Marine Sediments -- 5. Effects of Waves and Currents -- 6. Sea-Level Processes and Effects of Sea-Level Change -- 7. Productivity of the Ocean and Implications -- 8. Benthic Organisms and Environmental Reconstruction -- 9. Imprint of Climatic Zonation on Marine Sediments -- 10. Deep-Sea Sediments: Patterns and Processes -- 11. Geologic History of the Sea: The Ice-Age Ocean -- 12. Cenozoic History from Deep-Ocean Drilling -- 13. Cretaceous Environments and Deep-Ocean Drilling -- 14. Resources from the Ocean Floor -- 15. Problems Ahead

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