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Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences

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Editors:
  1. Jan Harff

    1. Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

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  2. Martin Meschede

    1. Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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  3. Sven Petersen

    1. Leibiniz Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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  4. Jörn Thiede

    1. Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Lit c/o Helmholtz-Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

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  • Interdisciplinary synopsis of the whole scale of marine geosciences: geophysics, hydrography, biology, climatology, ecology, and economic geology
  • Integration of knowledge in basic and applied sciences
  • Overview of the oceans’ and marginal seas’ geo-resources
  • Bridge between natural and engineering sciences
  • Excellent internationally renowned team of editors and board

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)

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Table of contents (195 entries)

  1. Abyssal Plains

    • David Voelker

  2. Accretionary Wedge

    • Martin Meschede

  3. Acidification

    • Ulf Riebesell

  4. Active Continental Margin

    • Serge Lallemand

  5. Ancient Plate Tectonics

    • Stephen F. Foley

  6. Anoxic Oceans

    • Christian März, Hans-Jürgen Brumsack

  7. Asphalt Volcanism

    • Gerhard Bohrmann

  8. Astronomical Frequencies in Paleoclimates

    • André Berger

  9. Axial Summit Trough

    • Samuel Adam Soule, Michael Perfit

  10. Axial Volcanic Ridges

    • Isobel Yeo

  11. Beach

    • Charles W. Finkl

  12. Beach Processes

    • Charles W. Finkl

  13. Bedforms

    • Miwa Yokokawa

  14. Biochronology, Biostratigraphy

    • Felix Gradstein

  15. Biogenic Barium

    • Graham Shimmield

  16. Bioturbation

    • Gerhard Graf

  17. Black and White Smokers

    • Margaret K. Tivey

  18. Bottom Boundary Layer

    • Wenyan Zhang

  19. Bottom-Simulating Seismic Reflectors (BSRs)

    • Jürgen Mienert, Stefan Bünz

  20. Bouma Sequence

    • Thierry Mulder, Heiko Hüneke
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About this book

Globally growing demand of energy and mineral resources, reliable future projection of climate processes and the protection of coasts to mitigate the threats of disasters and hazards require a comprehensive understanding of the structure, ongoing processes and genesis of the marine geosphere. Beyond the “classical” research fields in marine geology in current time more general concepts have been evolved integrating marine geophysics, hydrography, marine biology, climatology and ecology. As an umbrella the term “marine geosciences” has been broadly accepted for this new complex field of research and the solutions of practical tasks in the marine realm.
The “Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences” comprises the current knowledge in marine geosciences whereby not only basic but also applied and technical sciences are covered. Through this concept a broad scale of users in the field of marine sciences and techniques is addressed from students and scholars in academia to engineers and decision makers in industry and politics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, University of Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

    Jan Harff

  • Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Martin Meschede

  • Leibiniz Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Sven Petersen

  • Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Lit c/o Helmholtz-Center for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

    Jörn Thiede

About the editors

Jan Harff is Professor of “Geosciences and Sea Floor Geology” at the University of Szczecin, Faculty of Geosciences, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Szczecin, Poland. He retired as Professor of Marine Geology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and is currently Adjunct Professor of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, and at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research CAS, China. Beside marine geology, his research interests include, sedimentology, coastal geology, paleoceanography, paleo-climatology, mathematical geology and basin modelling. In addition to numerous scientific publications and other scientific editions, he was the corresponding editor of “Modeling of Sedimentary Systems” and “The Baltic Sea Basin” published by Springer in 1999 and 2011.

Martin Meschede is professor at the Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany

Sven Petersen is professor at the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Germany

Jörn Thiede is professor at the Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Literature in Mainz, Germany

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences

  • Editors: Jan Harff, Martin Meschede, Sven Petersen, Jörn Thiede

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Reference Earth and Environm. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6644-0Due: 21 February 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1388-4360

  • Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X

  • Number of Pages: 1000

  • Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oceanography, Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Ecology, Physical Geography

  • Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment

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