Deep-water fine-grained sediments; history, methodology and terminology

Abstract

Summary To introduce this collection of papers presented at an international research workshop in Halifax, Canada (1982), we highlight briefly three aspects of deep-water fine-grained sediments that are alluded to throughout the volume but never discussed specifically. These are: (a) an historical outline of the research that has made both possible and necessary the workshop and the volume; (b) a review of the methodology currently used in the study of fine-grained sediments; and (c) an assessment of the state of terminology as applied to this class of rocks.