| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 574 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
| Contents |
Solid phase of marine sediments / Dieter K. Fütterer -- Physical properties of marine sediments / Monika Breitzke -- Quantification of early diagenesis : dissolved constituents in marine pore water / Horst D. Schulz -- Organic matter : the driving force for early diagenesis / Jurgen Rullkötter -- Bacteria and marine biogeochemistry / Bo Barker Jørgensen -- Benthic cycling of oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus / Christian Hensen, Matthias Zabel and Heide N. Schulz -- Reactivity of iron / Ralf R. Haese -- Sulfur cycling and methane oxidation / Bo Barker Jørgensen and Sabine Kasten -- Marine carbonates : their formation and destruction / Ralph R. Schneider, Horst D. Schulz and Christian Hensen -- Influences of geochemical processes on stable isotope distribution in marine sediments / Torsten Bickert -- Manganese : predominant role of nodules and crusts / Geoffrey P. Glasby -- Quantification and regionalization of benthic refluxe / Matthias Zabel and Christian Hensen -- Input from the deep : hot vents and cold seeps / Peter M. Herzig and Mark D. Hannington -- Gas hydrates in marine sediments / Gerhard Bohrmann and Marta E. Torres -- Conceptual models and computer models / Horst D. Schulz |
| Summary |
Since 1980 a considerable amount of scientific research dealing with geochemical processes in marine sediments has been carried out. This textbook summarizes the state of the art in this field of research. The topics comprise the examination of sedimentological and physical properties of the sedimentary solid phase, of pore water and pore water constituents, organic matter as the driving force of most microbiological processes, biotic and abiotic redox reactions, carbonates and stable isotopes as proxies for paleoclimate reconstruction, metal enrichments in ferromanganese nodules and crusts as well as in hot vents and cold seeps on the seafloor. A new chapter describes properties, occurrence and formation of gas hydrates in marine sediments. The textbook ends with a chapter on model conceptions and computer models to quantify processes of early diagenesis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Chemical oceanography.
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Marine sediments.
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Geochemistry.
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geochemistry.
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Marine sediments.
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Geochemistry.
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Chemical oceanography.
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Environnement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Chemical oceanography
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Geochemistry
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Marine sediments
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schulz, Horst D., 1942-
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Zabel, Matthias, 1962-
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| ISBN |
3540321438 |
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9783540321439 |
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9783540321446 |
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3540321446 |
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