UID:
kobvindex_GFZ165912736X
Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 268 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
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29 cm
Edition:
Fourth edition
ISBN:
9783319514123
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978-3-319-51412-3
ISSN:
2510-1307
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2510-1315
Series Statement:
Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Content:
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.
Note:
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 Climate 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
Appendix
Glossary
Index
Additional Edition:
Auch als Druckausgabe (1. Auflage von 1982) vorhanden The sea floor : an introduction to marine geology
Language:
English
Keywords:
Lehrbuch
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-319-51412-3
URL:
Ebook (access only within the AWI network)
Author information:
Berger, Wolfgang H. 1937-2017
Author information:
Seibold, Eugen 1918-2013
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