
by TheOpenUniversity (Author)
After a brief introduction to the distribution of deep-sea sediments, we show how the activities of marine organisms cycle nutrients and other dissolved constituents within the oceans, and influence the rates at which both solid and dissolved material is
removed to sediments. Chapter 3 reviews the carbonate system and ends with a brief excursion into palaeoceanography. We conclude by describing the biological and chemical processes that continue long after sediments have been deposited on the deep-sea floor.
                        Format:  Paperback
                         Pages: 134
                        Edition: 1
                        
                        
                        Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd 
 Published: 30 Sep 1989
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        ISBN 10:  0080363733
 ISBN 13: 9780080363738