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Margin Building — Regulating Processes

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Ocean Margin Systems

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Processes at the ocean margins are described and the importance of sedimentary settings, the carbon cycle, the benthic boundary layer, canyons and mass movements is discussed. Mayor outstanding problems are formulated and new enabling technologies are demonstrated.

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  1. IUB, International University Bremen, P.O.Box 750561, 28725, Bremen, Germany

    L. Thomsen

  2. NIOZ, P.O.Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands

    T. van Weering

  3. Department of Physics, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

    P. Blondel

  4. Southampton Oceanography Center, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK

    R. Lampitt & S. McPhail

  5. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    F. Lamy & C. Waldmann

  6. Dept. of Earth Science, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK

    N. McCave

  7. Dept. of Geology, University of Tromsø, Dramsveien 201, 9037, Tromsø, Norway

    J. Mienert

  8. Instituto Superior Técnico, MARETEC, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001, Lisbon, Portugal

    R. Neves

  9. European Science Foundation, ESF Marine Board, 1 quai Lezay-Marnésia, 67080, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    L. d’Ozouville

  10. Forschungszentrum für Marine Geowissenschaften, GEOMAR, Wischhofstr. 1-3, 24148, Kiel, Germany

    D. Ristow

  11. Laboratoire d’Océanographie Chimique, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus de la Plaine, Boulevard du Triomphe, CP 208, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    R. Wollast

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  1. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Klagenfurter Straße 2, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Gerold Wefer  & Dierk Hebbeln  & 

  2. DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group George Deacon Division for Ocean Processes, Southampton Oceanography Centre, European Way, Empress Dock, SO14 3ZH, Southampton, UK

    David Billett

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Celsiusstraße 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Bo Barker Jørgensen

  4. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, Germany

    Michael Schlüter

  5. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB, Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands

    Tjeerd C. E. van Weering

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Thomsen, L. et al. (2002). Margin Building — Regulating Processes. In: Wefer, G., Billett, D., Hebbeln, D., Jørgensen, B.B., Schlüter, M., van Weering, T.C.E. (eds) Ocean Margin Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05127-6_12

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