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Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea

A Geochemical and Geophysical Account

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  • © 1969

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Editors:
  1. Egon T. Degens

    1. Department of Chemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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  2. David A. Ross

    1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

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Table of contents (50 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xii
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  3. Geological and Geophysical Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Geological Structures of the Red Sea Area Inferred from Satellite Pictures

      • Monem Abdel-Gawad
      Pages 25-37

    3. The Red Sea — A Geophysical Background

      • R. W. Girdler
      Pages 38-58

    4. Structural Effects of Sea-floor Spreading in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea on the Arabian Shield

      • Peter J. Burek
      Pages 59-70

    5. General Stratigraphy of the Adjacent Land Areas of the Red Sea

      • Rushdi Said
      Pages 71-81

    6. Bathymetry and Continuous Seismic Profiles of the Hot Brine Region of the Red Sea

      • David A. Ross, Earl E. Hays, Frank C. Allstrom
      Pages 82-97

    7. Magnetic and Gravity Anomalies in the Central Red Sea

      • J. D. Phillips, J. Woodside, C. O. Bowin
      Pages 98-113

    8. Thermal Measurements in the Red Sea Hot Brine Pools

      • Albert J. Erickson, Gene Simmons
      Pages 114-121

    9. Basalt from the Axial Trough of the Red Sea

      • Richard L. Chase
      Pages 122-128

  4. Water

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. General Circulation of Water Masses in the Red Sea

      • G. Siedler
      Pages 131-137

    3. Hydrography of the Red Sea Brines

      • P. G. Brewer, C. D. Densmore, R. Munns, R. J. Stanley
      Pages 138-147

    4. Temperature Structure of the Red Sea Brines

      • David A. Ross
      Pages 148-152

    5. Suspended Matter in the Red Sea Brines and Its Detection by Light Scattering

      • William B. F. Ryan, Edward M. Thorndike, Maurice Ewing, David A. Ross
      Pages 153-157
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    Egon T. Degens

  • Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, USA

    David A. Ross

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hot Brines and Recent Heavy Metal Deposits in the Red Sea

  • Book Subtitle: A Geochemical and Geophysical Account

  • Editors: Egon T. Degens, David A. Ross

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-28603-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1969

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-27120-9Published: 01 January 1969

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-28603-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 600

  • Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology

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