Oceanography
An Introduction
4th Edition
Published on 1. November 1989
Book
Hardback
511 pages
978-0-534-09552-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to students taking introductory courses in oceanography.
This book should be of interest to students taking introductory courses in oceanography.
This book should be of interest to students taking introductory courses in oceanography.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illus
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
1490 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-09552-9 (9780534095529)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Preface. The ocean in perspective. The origin of the earth, ocean, and life. Obtaining information about the ocean basins. Ocean basins and sediments. Plate tectonics. Margins of the continents. The chemical properties of water. The physical properties of seawater. Climate and the ocean. Ocean circulation. Waves. Tides. Coastal processes and estuaries. Life in the sea: bacteria, protists, plants, and the invertebrates. Life in the sea: vertebrates. The distribution and abundance of life in the sea. Polar oceanography. Marine resources and ocean technology. Ocean pollution and management. Appendices: Latitude and longitude. Time and the date line. Scientific notation. Constants and equations. Supplementary topics to chapter 8. The Coriolis effect. Geologic time scale. The US coastline. A classification of living organisms. Glossary. Index.