The bibliography is presented in a pdf file. This
list is intended to provide background and start-up information for further
reading. It concentrates on key papers for of the findings specifically
discussed in the text, and on books/edited volumes that provide comprehensive
overviews of oceanography, environmental science, and geology in general,
and on relevant specialised levels.
The list is by no means exhaustive, and many very important
papers have had to be (reluctantly) omitted – a complete listing would
require well over 20 pages. However, the key papers cited offer references
to those other important studies. Note that I have refrained from listing
individual contributions published in edited volumes/ special issues, but
that instead the volume’s overall title and reference is given. The author’s
own scientific contributions are listed separately at the end (see website
for complete listing). These give the fully referenced context to the ideas
presented in this text, and therefore provide useful initial guidance to
target further readings of the specialist literature.
Books
Edited Volumes
Journal articles
The author’s own contributions
Next, I thank my colleague John Thomson and my brother Frank Rohling for their critical evaluations of earlier versions of the manuscript, and for stimulating discussions and advice.
My contribution to the research behind this text would not have been possible without the efforts of (1) my PhD students Mia Fenton, Angela Hayes, Ramadan Abu-Zied, Tim Cane, James Casford, and Babette Hoogakker, (2) the mass spectrometry Experimental Officer Steve Cooke; and (3) Dr. Sacha de Rijk who worked with me as a Postdoctoral research fellow within the context of EC MAST 3 project CLIVAMP.
I finally extend my thanks to all the CLIVAMPires and the army of international sapropel-research colleagues for the countless in-depth discussions.
The EC MAST programme is thanked for support to some of the underlying research, under EC MAST-3 project CLIVAMP (MAS3-CT95-0043)