PREFACE 2
ND
EDITION
Almost six years have passed since the launching of the first edition of this textbook. The friendly
acceptance and brisk demand of the “Marine Geochemistry” have encouraged us to prepare the
second edition. Six years mean a comparatively long period for a relatively young discipline such as
marine geochemistry. Data and measurements from numerous expeditions, results of different new
methods and techniques, as well as findings of various research programs justify a careful revision of
the first edition.
The authors of the first edition have revised and substantially updated and enlarged their chapters.
We had to give up the partial chapter on sedimentary magnetism of the first edition. In chapter 6 the
authors now concentrate on benthic cycles, and the new co-author Heide N. Schulz especially reports
on phosphorus cycles and the microbial parts. Chapter 8 was extended to the complete marine sulfur
cycling in connection with anaerobic methane oxidation. Gerhard Bohrmann and Marta E. Torres
contribute their completely new chapter 14 on methane hydrates in marine sediments, representing a
well-rounded presentation of this exciting discipline, which will be of major interest in the future.
We also had to consider that other new textbooks (Boudreau and Jørgensen 2001, Fasham 2003,
Zhu and Anderson 2002) are now available, whereas revised editions of books (Chester 2000, 2003,
Hoefs 2004) were published.
Horst D. Schulz and Matthias Zabel
Bremen, November 2005
References
Anderson, R.N., 1986. Marine geology - A planet Earth perspective. Wiley & Sons, NY, 328 pp.
Berner, R.A., 1980. Early diagenesis: A theoretical approach. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NY, 241pp.
Boudreau, B.P., 1997. Diagenetic models and their impletation: modelling transport and reactions in aquatic
sediments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, NY, 414 pp.
Boudreau, B.P. and Jørgensen, B.B., 2001. The Benthic Boundary Layer. Oxford University Press, 404 pp.
Broecker, W.S. and Peng, T.-H., 1982. Tracer in the Sea. Lamont-Doherty Geol. Observation Publ., 690 pp.
Chester, R., 1990. Marine Geochemistry. Chapman & Hall, London, 698 pp.
Chester, R., 2000, 2003. Marine Geochemistry. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 2
nd
ed., pp. 506.
Clark, I. and Fritz, P., 1997. Environmental isotopes in hydrogeology. Lewis Publ., NY, 328 pp.
Engel, M.H. and Macko, S.A., 1993. Organic Geochemistry. Plenum Press, 861 pp.
Faure, G., 1986. Principles of Isotope Geology. Wiley & Sons, NY, 589 pp.
Grasshoff, K., Kremling K. and Ehrhardt, M., 1999. Methods of Seawater Analysis. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, NY,
3
rd
ed., 600 pp.
Hoefs, J., 1997. Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg NY, 4
th
ed., 201 pp.
Hoefs, J., 2004. Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg NY, 5
th
ed., 244 pp.
Kennett, J.P., 1982. Marine Geology. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 813 pp.
Stumm, W. and Morgan, J.J., 1996. Aquatic Chemistry. Wiley & Sons, 1022 pp.
Zhu, C. and Anderson, G., 2002. Environmental Applications of Geochemical Modelling. Cambridge University
Press, 284 pp.
ND
EDITION
Almost six years have passed since the launching of the first edition of this textbook. The friendly
acceptance and brisk demand of the “Marine Geochemistry” have encouraged us to prepare the
second edition. Six years mean a comparatively long period for a relatively young discipline such as
marine geochemistry. Data and measurements from numerous expeditions, results of different new
methods and techniques, as well as findings of various research programs justify a careful revision of
the first edition.
The authors of the first edition have revised and substantially updated and enlarged their chapters.
We had to give up the partial chapter on sedimentary magnetism of the first edition. In chapter 6 the
authors now concentrate on benthic cycles, and the new co-author Heide N. Schulz especially reports
on phosphorus cycles and the microbial parts. Chapter 8 was extended to the complete marine sulfur
cycling in connection with anaerobic methane oxidation. Gerhard Bohrmann and Marta E. Torres
contribute their completely new chapter 14 on methane hydrates in marine sediments, representing a
well-rounded presentation of this exciting discipline, which will be of major interest in the future.
We also had to consider that other new textbooks (Boudreau and Jørgensen 2001, Fasham 2003,
Zhu and Anderson 2002) are now available, whereas revised editions of books (Chester 2000, 2003,
Hoefs 2004) were published.
Horst D. Schulz and Matthias Zabel
Bremen, November 2005
References
Anderson, R.N., 1986. Marine geology - A planet Earth perspective. Wiley & Sons, NY, 328 pp.
Berner, R.A., 1980. Early diagenesis: A theoretical approach. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NY, 241pp.
Boudreau, B.P., 1997. Diagenetic models and their impletation: modelling transport and reactions in aquatic
sediments. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, NY, 414 pp.
Boudreau, B.P. and Jørgensen, B.B., 2001. The Benthic Boundary Layer. Oxford University Press, 404 pp.
Broecker, W.S. and Peng, T.-H., 1982. Tracer in the Sea. Lamont-Doherty Geol. Observation Publ., 690 pp.
Chester, R., 1990. Marine Geochemistry. Chapman & Hall, London, 698 pp.
Chester, R., 2000, 2003. Marine Geochemistry. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 2
nd
ed., pp. 506.
Clark, I. and Fritz, P., 1997. Environmental isotopes in hydrogeology. Lewis Publ., NY, 328 pp.
Engel, M.H. and Macko, S.A., 1993. Organic Geochemistry. Plenum Press, 861 pp.
Faure, G., 1986. Principles of Isotope Geology. Wiley & Sons, NY, 589 pp.
Grasshoff, K., Kremling K. and Ehrhardt, M., 1999. Methods of Seawater Analysis. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, NY,
3
rd
ed., 600 pp.
Hoefs, J., 1997. Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg NY, 4
th
ed., 201 pp.
Hoefs, J., 2004. Stable Isotope Geochemistry. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg NY, 5
th
ed., 244 pp.
Kennett, J.P., 1982. Marine Geology. Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 813 pp.
Stumm, W. and Morgan, J.J., 1996. Aquatic Chemistry. Wiley & Sons, 1022 pp.
Zhu, C. and Anderson, G., 2002. Environmental Applications of Geochemical Modelling. Cambridge University
Press, 284 pp.