ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARTH SCIENCES SERIES
ENCYCLOPEDIA of
MARINE GEOSCIENCES
edited by
JAN HARFF
University of Szczecin
Szczecin, Poland
MARTIN MESCHEDE
University of Greifswald
Greifswald, Germany
SVEN PETERSEN
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Kiel, Germany
JÖRN THIEDE
Institute of Earth Science, KÖPPEN-Laboratory
Saint Petersburg State University
St. Petersburg, Russia