The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution

by Joan Brown

This Volume describes the processes that shape ocean basins, determine the structure and composition of the ocean crust, and control the major features of the continental margins. Further subjects examined are the 'hot springs' of the deep oceans, the main pattern of sediment distribution in ocean basins including the recording of past climatic and sea-level changes, and the role of oceans as an integral part of global chemical cycles. Each Volume...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080363660
• ISBN13: 9780080363660
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.