Format:
Online Ressource (xiv, 849 pages)
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illustrations, maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780444530004
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0444530002
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9780080931876
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0080931871
Series Statement:
Developments in sedimentology 0070-4571 v. 63
Content:
During the past few decades, deep-sea research benefited greatly from a number of newly developed, highly sophisticated exploration techniques and comprehensive datasets, thanks to the immense industrial interest in deep-sea sediments. The book Deep-Sea Sediments focuses on the sedimentary processes operating within the various modern and ancient deep-sea environments. The individual chapters track the way of sedimentary particles from continental erosion or production in the marine realm, to transport into the deep sea, to final deposition on the sea floor. The sedimentary processes cover several types of sediment gravity flow and contour currents, pelagic settling and hemipelagic advection, planktic and benthic bioproductivity, and volcanoclastic sedimentation. In addition, the relationships between depositional environment and endobenthic organisms, as well as early diagenetic processes at and within the deep-sea floor are dealt with. Facies models of the wide range of depositional products hold the key for a process-related interpretation of ancient deposits. Changes in sea-water chemistry, major innovations in organism evolution, and changes in external controls on sedimentation and productivity are discussed in the context of overarching trends in ocean history. Deep-sea sediments are not only of interest because of the numerous interacting processes involved in their formation, but they represent also a nearly inexhaustible archive of long-term climatic changes. Consequently, the book also includes an introduction to the climatic interpretation of the various proxies that reveal global changes during the Mesozoic greenhouse and Neogene icehouse conditions. In order to address the specific interest of the oil and gas industry in deep-water sediments, the investigation techniques that are applied in this context and the methods to predict both the occurrences and the characteristics of hydrocarbon reservoirs, are included as well. Examines the rapidly evolving field of deep-sea sedimentary research Focuses on sedimentary and diagenetic processes, with theory and case histories Covers the climate record, hydrocarbon reservoirs, and other topics of interest Features a multimedia component with colour versions of figures
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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Front Cover; Developments in Sedimentology: Deep-Sea Sediments; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1: Progress in Deep-Sea Sedimentology; 1. Introduction; 2. What are Deep-Sea Sediments?; 3. Tools Used for Deep-Sea Sediment Investigations; 4. Structure of the Book; References; Chapter 2: Gravity Processes and Deposits on Continental Slope, Rise and Abyssal Plains; 1. Gravity Processes on Continental Slope, Rise and Abyssal Plains; 2. Gravity-Fall and Gravity-Flow Deposits; 3. Deep-Sea Turbidite Systems; References; Chapter 3: Contour Currents and Contourite Drifts
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1. Introduction2. Oceanic Geostrophic Circulation and Contour Currents; 3. Sedimentary Processes Related to Contour Currents; 4. Contourite Facies and Bedforms; 5. Contourite Drifts; 6. Ancient Contourites; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Pelagic Sedimentation in Modern and Ancient Oceans; 1. Oceanic Provinces and Sediment Factories: An Overview; 2. Modern Pelagic Factories: An Overview; 3. History and Evolution of Ancient Pelagic Factories; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5: Hemipelagic Advection and Periplatform Sedimentation; 1. Introduction; 2. Hemipelagic Advection
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3. Periplatform CarbonatesAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 6: Benthic Deep-Sea Carbonates; 1. Introduction; 2. Carbonate Bentho-Pelagic Coupling; 3. Calcareous Aphotic Reefs; 4. Cold Seeps and Related Carbonates; 5. Past and Future; References; Chapter 7: Volcaniclastic Processes and Deposits in the Deep-Sea; 1. Introduction; 2. Volcaniclastic Materials: The Evidence of Volcanic Activity; 3. Transport and Deposition of Volcaniclastics to the Deep-Sea; 4. Volcaniclastic Contribution to Marine Sedimentation; 5. Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Various Deep-Sea Environments
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6. Importance of Volcaniclastic Aprons in the Deep-Sea7. Economic Aspects of Sub-Marine Volcaniclastic Deposits; 8. Sub-marine Volcaniclastic Deposits as Tools for Natural-Hazard Assessment; 9. Conclusions; References; Chapter 8: Deep-Sea Ichnology: The Relationships Between Depositional Environment and Endobenthic Organisms; 1. Introduction; 2. The Deep-Sea Floor as Habitat; 3. Bioturbation; 4. Trace Fossils; 5. Interpretation of Trace Fossils and Ichnofabrics; 6. Evolutionary Aspects; 7. Perspective; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 9: Early Diagenesis of Deep-Sea Sediments
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1 Introduction2. Pelagic Sediments: Characteristics and Lithology-Independent Pore-Water Profiles; 3. Brown Abyssal Clay; 4. Biogenic Siliceous Sediments; 5. Biogenic Pelagic Carbonates; 6. Hemipelagic Sediments; 7. Gas-hydrate Bearing Sediments; 8. Effects of Evaporite Dissolution on Pore-Water Chemistry; 9. Sediment-Covered Mid-Ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal Activity and Intrusion of Igneous Dykes and Sills; 10. Early Diagenesis in Active Margins Affected by Advective Lateral Fluid Flow; 11. Early Diagenesis of Volcanogenic Deep-Sea Sediments
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12. Early-Diagenetic Mineralization Reactions in Anoxic Deep-Water Sediments
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0080931871
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Deep-sea sediments Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2011
Language:
English
Keywords:
Kontinentalabhang
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Tiefsee
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Vulkanisch-sedimentäres Gestein
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Diagenese
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Sediment
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Suspensionsströmung
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Turbidit
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Konturit
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Tiefseesediment
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Ichnologie
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