Oceanography: An Illustrated GuideOceans cover over 70% of the planet's surface and are essential to life on earth, yet their deepest mysteries remained unexplored until very recently when 20th century technological advances allowed the vast expansion of our frontiers of knowledge, and worldwide interest in oceanography grew rapidly.Combining the skills of 40 contributors from worl |
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... Ocean H. Charnock 3 The Role of Ocean Circulation in the Changing Climate N.C. Wells, W.J. Gould, and A.E.S. Kemp 4 ... Deep Side: Animals in the Deep Sea P.A. Tyler, A.L. Rice, C.M. Young, and A. Gebruk Light, Colour, and Vision in the ...
... Ocean H. Charnock 3 The Role of Ocean Circulation in the Changing Climate N.C. Wells, W.J. Gould, and A.E.S. Kemp 4 ... Deep Side: Animals in the Deep Sea P.A. Tyler, A.L. Rice, C.M. Young, and A. Gebruk Light, Colour, and Vision in the ...
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... ocean depths – it is this remoteness which makes Oceanography akin to Space Science. It requires elaborate and ... deep ocean, for discovering the wreck of Titanic, and for his initiative in bringing the science of oceanography live by ...
... ocean depths – it is this remoteness which makes Oceanography akin to Space Science. It requires elaborate and ... deep ocean, for discovering the wreck of Titanic, and for his initiative in bringing the science of oceanography live by ...
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... deep sea possible for the first time, and oceanography became an independent scientific discipline. However, the ... ocean. Aristotle believed that the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, the source of rain, was due to evaporation, ...
... deep sea possible for the first time, and oceanography became an independent scientific discipline. However, the ... ocean. Aristotle believed that the presence of water vapour in the atmosphere, the source of rain, was due to evaporation, ...
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... ocean outside. Edmond Halley used this explanation, widely accepted during the next two centuries. However, it did not account for what happened to the salt that is ... Deep-sea sounding machine devised by Stephen Hales10. A. 12 M.B. Deacon.
... ocean outside. Edmond Halley used this explanation, widely accepted during the next two centuries. However, it did not account for what happened to the salt that is ... Deep-sea sounding machine devised by Stephen Hales10. A. 12 M.B. Deacon.
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An Illustrated Guide S. A. Thorpe. Figure 1.4 Deep-sea sounding machine devised by Stephen Hales10. A clergyman and scientist, Stephen Hales (1677–1761) befriended the naturalist Gilbert White. In the early years of the eighteenth ...
An Illustrated Guide S. A. Thorpe. Figure 1.4 Deep-sea sounding machine devised by Stephen Hales10. A clergyman and scientist, Stephen Hales (1677–1761) befriended the naturalist Gilbert White. In the early years of the eighteenth ...
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3 The Role of Ocean Circulation in the Changing Climate | 41 |
12 The Marine Carbonate System | 182 |
Animals in the Deep Sea | 195 |
14 Light Colour and Vision in the Ocean | 212 |
15 Ocean Diversity | 228 |
16 Life in Estuaries Salt Marshes Lagoons and Coastal Waters | 244 |
17 Artificial Reefs | 259 |
18 Scientific Diving | 273 |
19 Marine Instrumentation | 280 |
4 Ocean Weather Eddies in the Sea | 59 |
5 Observing Oceans from Space | 69 |
6 Marine Phytoplankton Blooms | 89 |
7 Snow Falls in the Open Ocean | 96 |
8 The Evolution and Structure of Ocean Basins | 113 |
9 Slides Debris Flows and Turbidity Currents | 136 |
10 MidOcean Ridges and Hydrothermal Activity | 152 |
A Global Chemical System | 165 |
20 The Sea Floor Exploring a Hidden World | 300 |
21 Ocean Resources | 314 |
22 Waste Disposal in the Deep Ocean | 338 |
Some Commonly Used Words and Terms | 346 |
Acronyms | 347 |
Back Cover | 348 |
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