Recent geochemical and mineralogical alteration processes in tropical coastal sediments of Vietnam [Elektronische Ressource] / Nguyen Thi Minh Ngoc

NGUYEN Thi Minh Ngoc Recent geochemical and mineralogical alteration processes in tropical coastal sediments of Vietnam Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald Germany 2006 Recent geochemical and mineralogical alteration processes in tropical coastal sediments of Vietnam Dissertation in fulfilment of the academic grade doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald NGUYEN Thi Minh Ngoc born on 17.7.1979 in Phu Tho, Vietnam Greifswald, Germany 2006 Dekan: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus FESSER 1. Gutachter 1: Ass. Prof. Dr. Habil Jörn KASBOHM 2. Gutachter 2: Prof. Dr. Georg IRION Tag der Promotion: 17.11.2006 Lu ận án, con dành t ặng gia đình & các cháu B ống, Nhím, cu Tít, cu Mít th ương yêu - n ơi luôn cho con tình yêu và ngh ị l ực TABLE OF CONTENT INDEX OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................iii INDEX OF TABLES....viii ABBREVIATIONS........... x ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..........................................................................................................................................xi 1 INTRODUCTION.........................1 1.1 Motivation............ 1 1.1.