The Sea Floor: An Introduction to Marine Geology

by Eugen Seibold, Wolfgang Berger

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 carbon cycle and the Earth system as a whole. Relevant geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological methods are shortly described. They should allow the reader to comment on new results about plate tectonics, marine sedimentation from the coasts to the deep sea, climatological aspects, paleoceanology and the use of the sea floor. The text tries to transmit to the reader excitement of marine geological research both aboard and in modern laboratories. Basic mineralogical, geochemical, biological and other relevant data and a detailed list of books and symposia are given in an Appendix. This Introduction builds on the third edition of “The Sea Floor” by E. Seibold and W.H. Berger. While much of the original text was written by Seibold, a considerable portion of the material presented in this edition is new, taking into account the recent great shift in marine geological research, some of it with great relevance to human concerns arising in a rapidly changing world.

Genres: Science, Geology

281 pages, Hardcover

First published February 22, 1982

Reviews

[Michal Paszkiewicz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very broad read on topics from climate change and the geological effects of human waste to tectonic movements and formation of marine sediments. The book covers a fair amount of detail without overwhelming the reader

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite comprehensive and written in a way east to understand for people who are not marine geologists.