Sea-Ice and Iceberg Sedimentation in the Ocean

1 Introduction.- I The Earth's Cryosphere and Peculiarities of Sedimentation in It.- 2 Materials and Methods.- 3 The Cryosphere and the Peculiarities of Glacial Environment - Fresh-Water and Sea Ice · Continental Ice (Glaciers and Permafrost).- 4 Types of Continental and Marine Glaciations · Preparation and Transportation of Sedimentary Material · Lithology and Geochemistry of Weathering Crusts in Ice Zones · Transportation of Sedimentary Material in Continental Drainage Basins.- II Sea-Ice Sedimentation in the Ocean.- 5 Supply of Riverine Sedimentary Material in Ice Zones · Arctic Marginal Filters · Sediment Input Due to Cryoabrasion · Longshore Drift of Sediments.- 6 Stages of Lithogenesis in Ice Zones · Three Types of Sea Ice Sedimentation and Two Vertical Levels of the Process.- 7 Sedimentary System of the Far Eastern Seas and North Pacific.- 8 Sedimentary System of the Arctic Ocean - Interactions between Outer and Inner Geospheres.- III Glacial (Iceberg) Sedimentation in theOcean.- 9 Mechanisms of Sediment Incorporation in Continental Ice-Catchment Areas.- 10 Recent Iceberg-Rafted and Cryophilic Biogenic Deposits of Antarctica.- 11 Geology of Ice-Catchment Provinces in Relation to Petrography and Mineralogy of Bottom Sediments · Possible Reconstructions of Geological Composition of Ice-Hidden Land.- 12 Iceberg and Sea-Ice Sedimentation in the North Atlantic - Recent and Past.- 13 Lithology and Geochemistry of the Zones of Iceberg Sedimentation.- 14 Cryogenic Facies.- IV Glacial Sedimentogenesis in the Earth's Geological Past.- 15 The Late Cenozoic and Earlier Glaciations.- V Basis for the Analysis of Cryogenic Formations · Tectonic Zonality.- 16 Cryogenic Formations of Passive Margins, Ice Shelves and Continental Slopes · Cryogenic Formations of Active Margins and the Regions Composed of Oceanic Crust.- 17 Conclusions.- References.- Additional References.