The Sea Floor An Introduction to Marine Geology /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Seibold, Eugen (Συγγραφέας), Berger, Wolfgang (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 4th ed. 2017.
• Σειρά: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Sedimentology.; Oceanography.; Ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Marine sciences.; Freshwater.; Earth Sciences.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Origin and Morphology of Ocean Basins
• 2 Origin and Morphology of Ocean Margins
• 3 Sources and Composition of Marine Sediments
• 4 Effects of Waves and Currents
• 5 Sea Level Processes and Effects of Sea Level Change
• 6 Productivity and Benthic Organisms — Distribution, Activity, and Environmental Reconstruction
• 7 Imprint of Climatic Zonation on Marine Sediments
• 8 Deep-Sea Sediments — Patterns, Processes, and Stratigraphic Methods
• 9 Paleoceanography — The Deep-Sea Record
• 10 Resources from the Ocean Floor
• Epilog
• List of Books and Symposia
• A1 Conversion Between Common US Units and Metric Units
• A2 Topographic Statistics
• A3 The Geologic Time Scale
• A4 Common Minerals
• A5 Grain Size Classification for Sediments
• A6 Common Rock Types
• A7 Geochemical Statistics
• A8 Radio-Isotopes and Dating
• A9 Systematic Overview for Major Groups of Common Marine Organisms Important in Sea floor Processes
• Index of Names.