An introduction to the world's oceans.

By: Sverdrup, Keith AContributor(s): Duxbury, Alyn C | Duxbury, AlisonMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003Edition: 7th edDescription: xvi, 521 p. : ill. (some col.), col. mapsISBN: 0072472804 (recycled, acidfree paper); 9780072472806Subject(s): OceanographyDDC classification: 551.46 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online
Contents:
The History of Oceanography Prologue: The History of Oceanography 1 The Water Planet 2 Plate Tectonics 3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments 4 The Physical Properties of Water 5 The Chemistry of Seawater 6 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere 7 Circulation and Ocean Structure 8 The Currents 9 The Waves 10 The Tides 11 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries 12 Environmental Issues and Concerns 13 The Living Ocean 14 Production and Life 15 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean 16 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea 17 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor Appendix A: Scientific (or Exponential) Notation Appendix B: SI Units Appendix C: Equations and Quantitative Relationships Glossary
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Rev. ed. of: An introduction to the world's oceans. 6th ed. / Alyn C. Duxbury, Alison B. Duxbury, Keith A. Sverdrup. c2000.

Includes index.


The History of Oceanography
Prologue: The History of Oceanography
1 The Water Planet
2 Plate Tectonics
3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments
4 The Physical Properties of Water
5 The Chemistry of Seawater
6 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere
7 Circulation and Ocean Structure
8 The Currents
9 The Waves
10 The Tides
11 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries
12 Environmental Issues and Concerns
13 The Living Ocean
14 Production and Life
15 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean
16 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea
17 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor
Appendix A: Scientific (or Exponential) Notation
Appendix B: SI Units
Appendix C: Equations and Quantitative Relationships
Glossary

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