Contents
Contributors
xv
Preface
xxxi
Acknowledgments
xxxiii
Abyssal Plains
1
David Voelker
Accretionary Wedges
6
Martin Meschede
Active Continental Margins
9
Serge Lallemand
Ancient Plate Tectonics
13
Stephen F. Foley
Anoxic Oceans
20
Christian März and Hans-Jürgen Brumsack
Asphalt Volcanism
24
Gerhard Bohrmann
Astronomical Frequencies in Paleoclimates
25
Andre ´ Berger
Axial Summit Troughs
33
Samuel Adam Soule and Michael R. Perfit
Axial Volcanic Ridges
36
Isobel Yeo
Beach
41
Charles W. Finkl
Beach Processes
47
Charles W. Finkl
Bed forms
55
Miwa Yokokawa
Biochronology, Biostratigraphy
55
Felix M. Gradstein
Biogenic Barium
56
Graham Shimmield
Bioturbation
57
Gerhard Graf
Black and White Smokers
58
Margaret K. Tivey
Bottom Simulating Seismic Reflectors (BSR)
62
Jürgen Mienert and Stefan Bünz
Bottom-Boundary Layer
67
Wenyan Zhang
Bouma Sequence
68
Thierry Mulder and Heiko Hüneke
Calcite Compensation Depth (CCD)
71
Wolfgang H. Berger
Carbon Isotopes
73
Thomas Wagner and Jens O. Herrle
Carbonate Dissolution
78
Leif G. Anderson
Carbonate Factories
80
John J.G. Reijmer
Chemosynthetic Life
84
Verena Tunnicliffe