| Preface |
| List of Symbols |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Theory / Part I.： |
| General Theory / 2： |
| Preliminary Considerations |
| The General Diagenetic Equation |
| Diagenetic Physical and Biological Processes / 3： |
| Advective Processes |
| Compaction |
| Rate of deposition |
| Some additional useful relations |
| Factors affecting porosity and compaction |
| Diffusion |
| Molecular diffusion |
| Benthic boundary diffusion |
| Bioturbation |
| Transfer across the Sediment-Water Interface |
| Summary of Mathematics of Diagenetic Physical and Biological Processes |
| Diagenetic Chemical Processes I: Equilibrium, Homogeneous, and Microbial Reactions / 4： |
| Equilibrium Processes |
| Determination of equilibrium |
| Solubility equilibrium |
| Equilibrium adsorption and ion exchange |
| Inclusion of equilibrium processes in diagenetic equations |
| Homogeneous Reactions (Including Radioactive Decay) |
| Microbial (Metabolic) Reactions |
| Diagenetic Chemical Processes II: Precipitation, Dissolution, and Authigenic Processes / 5： |
| Precipitation |
| Energetics of precipitation |
| Nucleation |
| Crystal growth |
| Transport-Controlled Growth |
| Surface-Reaction Controlled Growth |
| Dissolution |
| Authigenic (Mineral-Diagenetic) Processes |
| Diagenetic redistribution |
| Flow vs diffusion |
| Precipitation (replacement) from an external source |
| Causative factors in authigenic processes |
| Applications / Part II.： |
| Marine Sediments of the Continental Margins / 6： |
| Diagenesis Within the Zone of Bioturbation |
| Diagenesis Below the Zone of Bioturbation |
| Sulfate reduction |
| Ammonia formation |
| Phosphate diagenesis |
| Methane formation |
| Pelagic (Deep-Sea) Sediments / 7： |
| Calcium Carbonate Dissolution |
| Opaline Silica Dissolution |
| Suboxic Organic Matter Diagenesis |
| Diagenesis of Radioisotopes |
| Volcanic-Seawater Reaction |
| Non-Marine Sediments / 8： |
| Fresh and Brackish Water Sediments |
| Salinity fluctuations |
| Iron diagenesis |
| Manganese diagenesis |
| Hypersaline Sediments |
| References |
| Index |
| Preface |
| List of Symbols |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Theory / Part I.： |
| General Theory / 2： |
| Preliminary Considerations |
