UID:
almahu_9949698019802882
Umfang:
1 online resource (864 p.)
ISBN:
1-282-95423-7
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9786612954238
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0-08-093187-1
Serie:
Developments in sedimentology, v. 63
Inhalt:
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
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Description based upon print version of 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
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-53000-2
Sprache:
Englisch
