The South China Sea Paleoceanography and Sedimentology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Pinxian (Editor), Li, Qianyu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 13
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Mineral resources.; Sedimentology.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Mineral Resources.

This book is the first synthesis of sedimentary geology and paleoceanography of the South China Sea on the basis of extensive industrial explorations and scientific expeditions culminated with the ODP Leg 184. It provides up-to-date knowledge about the history of this largest marginal sea in the Wes...

Table of Contents:

• Oceanographical and Geological Background
• Stratigraphy and Sea Level Changes
• Sedimentology
• Upper Water Structure and Paleo-Monsoon5
• Deep Waters and Oceanic Connection
• Biogeochemistry and the Carbon Reservoir
• History of the South China Sea – A Synthesis.