The Sea Floor: An Introduction to Marine Geology (Paperback, 4, Softcover Repri)

1 Origin and Morphology of Ocean Basins.- 2 Origin and Morphology of Ocean Margins.- 3 Sources and Composition of Marine Sediments.- 4 Effects of Waves and Currents.- 5 Sea Level Processes and Effects of Sea Level Change.- 6 Productivity and Benthic Organisms - Distribution, Activity, and Environmental Reconstruction.- 7 Imprint of Climatic Zonation on Marine Sediments.- 8 Deep-Sea Sediments - Patterns, Processes, and Stratigraphic Methods.- 9 Paleoceanography - The Deep-Sea Record.- 10 Resources from the Ocean Floor.- Epilog.- List of Books and Symposia.- A1 Conversion Between Common US Units and Metric Units.- A2 Topographic Statistics.- A3 The Geologic Time Scale.- A4 Common Minerals.- A5 Grain Size Classification for Sediments.- A6 Common Rock Types.- A7 Geochemical Statistics.- A8 Radio-Isotopes and Dating.- A9 Systematic Overview for Major Groups of Common Marine Organisms Important in Sea floor Processes.- Index of Names.