Chemical Oceanography

Contributors to Volume 6

Preface

Contents of Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Symbols and Units Used in the Text

Chapter 30 Chemical Diagenesis in Sediments


30.1 Introduction


30.2 Changes in Organic Constituents


30.3 Redox and pH Controls in Sediments


30.4 Diagenesis of Major and Minor Elements

References

Chapter 31 Factors Controlling the Distribution and Early Diagenesis of Organic Material in Marine Sediments


31.1 Introduction


31.2 Selection of Data


31.3 Environmental Factors Regulating the Input of Organic Matter to Sediments


31.4 Factors Determining the Diagenesis of the Organic Matter in Sediments


31.5 Palaeoenvironmental Criteria


31.6 Summary and Conclusions

References

Chapter 32 Interstitial Waters of Marine Sediments


32.1 Introduction and Historical Background


32.2 Sampling of Interstitial Waters


32.3 Distribution and Major Results of Interstitial Water Studies


32.4 Diagenesis


32.5 The Influence of Sea Floor Sediments on Ocean Waters

References

Chapter 33 The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Near-Shore Sediments


33.1 Introduction


33.2 Sedimentological Considerations


33.3 Composition of Marine Sediments


33.4 Detrital Sediments


33.5 Biogenous Sediments


33.6 Authigenic Components in Near-shore Sediments


33.7 Oxic and Anoxic Sediments


33.8 The Geochemical Balance and Near-shore Sediments

Acknowledgments

References

Chapter 34 The Geochemistry of Deep-Sea Sediments


34.1 Introduction


34.2 The Distribution of the Chemical Elements in Deep-Sea Sediments


34.2.1 Introduction


34.2.2 Major Elements


34.2.3 Trace Elements

References

Subject Index