Eugen Seibold – författare

This textbook deals with the most important items in Marine Geology, including some pioneer work. The list of topics has grown greatly in the last few decades beyond the items identified by Eugen Seibold as central and now includes prominently such things as methane and climate change; that is, the carbon cycle and the Earth system as a whole. Relevant geophysical, geochemical, sedimentological and paleontological methods are shortly described. They should allow the reader to comment on new results about plate tectonics, marine sedimentation from the coasts to the deep sea, climatological aspects, paleoceanology and the use of the sea floor. The text tries to transmit to the reader excitement of marine geological research both aboard and in modern laboratories. Basic mineralogical, geochemical, biological and other relevant data and a detailed list of books and symposia are given in an Appendix. This Introduction builds on the third edition of “The Sea Floor” byE. Seibold and W.H. Berger. While much of the original text was written by Seibold, a considerable portion of the material presented in this edition is new, taking into account the recent great shift in marine geological research, some of it with great relevance to human concerns arising in a rapidly changing world.

They should allow the reader to comment on new results about plate tectonics, marine sedimentation from the coasts to the deep sea, climatological aspects, paleoceanology and the use of the sea floor. The text tries to transmit to the reader excitement of marine geological research both aboard and in modern laboratories.

Derzeit steigt der Meeresspiegel weltweit an, und es wirddiskutiert, ob sich dabei schon der Treibhauseffektauswirkt. Solche positiven Ver{nderungen, aber auch dasGegenteil, ziehen sich durch die Geschichte derMenschheit,etwa bei der biblischen Sintflut, und als Transgressionenund Regressionen durch die gesamte Erdgeschichte. Wie mandiese an ihren Auswirkungen erkennen kann, wann sieauftraten und worauf sie zur}ckzuf}hren sind, wird in Textund Bild er|rtert. So wird ein fesselnder Ausschnitt auseinem multifaktoriellen Geschehen gegeben, das sich auf dieVerteilung von Land und Meer, auf das Klima und auf dasLeben auf dieser Erde ausgewirkt hat.