Overview

The monograph presented to foreign readers has been prepared by the famous Soviet investigators of processes of geochemistry and sedimentation in the Mediterranean Sea. For more than 20 years E.M. Emelyanov has examined the recent sedimentation of the Mediterranean Sea and K.M. Shimkus has studied the Quaternary and the earlier sedi­ mentation of the area. The authors, scientific workers from the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences (Atlantic and Southern Depart­ ments), took part not only in numerous cruises on oceanographic vessels of the USSR, but in the study of cores of the deep-sea drilling on R/V ""Glomar Challenger"". A great number of scientific papers and some books devoted to the processes of sedimentation and geochemistry of the Mediterranean Sea were written by them. Although the scientific interests of the authors are not only limited to these questions, I should like to emphasise these aspects of their scientific activity when introducing this book. The Mediterranean Sea is a suitable natural laboratory for solving a number of principal problems of marine sedimentation and lithogenesis.

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Author:   E.M. Emelyanov ,  T.A. Anosova ,  K.M. Shimkus
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1986 ed.
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   2.170kg
ISBN:  

9789027715982

ISBN 10:   902771598
Pages:   553
Publication Date:   30 April 1986
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. The Geochemistry of the Recent Sediments.- I.I Conditions Of Recent Sedimentation.- I.2 Recent Sedimentation.- I.3 The Individual Components, Elements and Geo Chemistry of Sedimentation.- II. The Geochemistry of Quaternary Sedimentogenesis and Diagenesis.- II.1 Lithological Composition of the Deepwater Quaternary Sediments.- II.2 Terrigenous and Volcanogenic Sedimentation.- II.3 Geochemistry of Quaternary Sedimentation.- III. Geochemistry of the Late Cenozoic Sedimentation and Diagenesis of the Sediments.- III.1 Lithological And Geochemical Characteristic of Neogene Sediments and Peculiarities of Sedimentation.- III.2 Separate Components and Elements and the Geochemistry of Sedimentation.- IV. Main Features of the Geochemistry and Sedimentology of the Mediterranean Sea.- IV.1 Main Factors Controlling Sedimentation and the Transformation of Sedimentary Material.- IV.2 Lithological-Geochemical Zones of Sedimentation.- IV.3 Some Features of the History and Geochemical Evolution of the Mediterranean Sea in the Neocene and the Pleistocene.- IV.4 Abnormalities of the Geochemistry of the Sedimentary Processes in the Mediterranean Sea in Comparison with other Basins.- References.

Reviews

'In this book is everything you could ever want to know about Mediterranean Sea sediments... At last, we have a good account of Soviet work and thoughts pertaining to the Mediterranean, the first in a long time... An incredible array of data is presented, and it is these data that are the strength of this work...a remarkable work in terms of the information presented and of a review on the marine geology and geochemistry of Mediterranean Sea sediments.' Sedimentology, 1987 '... Geochemistry and Sedimentology of the Mediterranean Sea will be a useful book to anyone working in the Mediterranean Basin.' Newsletter, 21:4 (1988)

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