Overview
- Interdisciplinary synopsis of the whole scale of marine geosciences: geophysics, hydrography, biology, climatology, ecology, and economic geology
- Integration of knowledge in basic and applied sciences
- Overview of the oceans’ and marginal seas’ geo-resources
- Bridge between natural and engineering sciences
- Excellent internationally renowned team of editors and board
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)
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Table of contents (195 entries)
About this book
The “Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences” comprises the current knowledge in marine geosciences whereby not only basic but also applied and technical sciences are covered. Through this concept a broad scale of users in the field of marine sciences and techniques is addressed from students and scholars in academia to engineers and decision makers in industry and politics.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Jan Harff is Professor of “Geosciences and Sea Floor Geology” at the University of Szczecin, Faculty of Geosciences, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Szczecin, Poland. He retired as Professor of Marine Geology at the University of Greifswald, Germany, and is currently Adjunct Professor of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Guangzhou, and at the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research CAS, China. Beside marine geology, his research interests include, sedimentology, coastal geology, paleoceanography, paleo-climatology, mathematical geology and basin modelling. In addition to numerous scientific publications and other scientific editions, he was the corresponding editor of “Modeling of Sedimentary Systems” and “The Baltic Sea Basin” published by Springer in 1999 and 2011.
Martin Meschede is professor at the Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany
Sven Petersen is professor at the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Germany
Jörn Thiede is professor at the Academy of Sciences, Humanities, and Literature in Mainz, Germany
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Marine Geosciences
Editors: Jan Harff, Martin Meschede, Sven Petersen, Jörn Thiede
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6644-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Earth and Environm. Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-6644-0Due: 21 February 2018
Series ISSN: 1388-4360
Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X
Number of Pages: 1000
Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations, 140 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oceanography, Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Ecology, Physical Geography