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Organic Matter: Productivity, Accumulation, and Preservation in Recent and Ancient Sediments
Jean K. Whelan (Ed.)
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Description for Organic Matter: Productivity, Accumulation, and Preservation in Recent and Ancient Sediments
Hardback. This monograph attempts to unlock the mechanics of sedimentation, focusing on the production, accumulation and preservation of organic matter in marine and lacustrine sediments. The contributors cover a range of geological ages, as well as temperature and organic matter types. Editor(s): Whelan, Jean; Farrington, John W. Num Pages: 533 pages, illus. BIC Classification: RBGB; RBGD; RBKC; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Sediments from the world's ocean floors and other water body basins hold a wealth of information about organic life as we know it. Organic Matter: Productivity, Accumulation, and Preservation in Recent and Ancient Sediments addresses focusing on the production, accumulation, and preservation of organic matter in marine and lacustrine sediments. Contributors to this important monograph cover a range of geologic ages from recent times back to the Permian Era, as well as temperature and organic matter types. This resource book will be of interest and benefit to petroleum explorationists and researchers, as well as oceanographers, marine and environmental scientists, ... Read more
Sediments from the world's ocean floors and other water body basins hold a wealth of information about organic life as we know it. Organic Matter: Productivity, Accumulation, and Preservation in Recent and Ancient Sediments addresses focusing on the production, accumulation, and preservation of organic matter in marine and lacustrine sediments. Contributors to this important monograph cover a range of geologic ages from recent times back to the Permian Era, as well as temperature and organic matter types. This resource book will be of interest and benefit to petroleum explorationists and researchers, as well as oceanographers, marine and environmental scientists, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
533
Condition
New
Number of Pages
533
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231071628
SKU
V9780231071628
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About Jean K. Whelan (Ed.)
Jean K. Whelan is Senior Research Specialist, Department of Chemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She has published more than fifty articles and has been Associate Editor of the journal Organic Chemistry.John W. Farrington is Senior Scientist, Associate Director for Education, and Dean of Graduate Studies at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Environmental Sciences, ... Read more
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