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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... Environment Research Council's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences and Research Vessel Services, with its three ships, Discovery, Charles Darwin, and Challenger. In a fine new building alongside the Empress Dock in Southampton, the SOC ...
... Environment Research Council's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences and Research Vessel Services, with its three ships, Discovery, Charles Darwin, and Challenger. In a fine new building alongside the Empress Dock in Southampton, the SOC ...
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... environment, one which by its very nature spans the Globe. Because the collection of material and measurements from the sea is essential, it is an expensive and high-risk science, using ships, aircraft, satellites, and submersibles ...
... environment, one which by its very nature spans the Globe. Because the collection of material and measurements from the sea is essential, it is an expensive and high-risk science, using ships, aircraft, satellites, and submersibles ...
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... environment. An example of this type is held in the George III collection at the Science Museum in London. The more durable apparatus illustrated here employed a rifle barrel (Fig. II, K–Z), with a removable rod (Fig. I, A–B) inside ...
... environment. An example of this type is held in the George III collection at the Science Museum in London. The more durable apparatus illustrated here employed a rifle barrel (Fig. II, K–Z), with a removable rod (Fig. I, A–B) inside ...
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... environment – knowledge essential for routing and operating the cables16. The nature and contours of the sea bed had to be established, and also the temperature of the water. Up to this time, deep soundings had rarely been attempted ...
... environment – knowledge essential for routing and operating the cables16. The nature and contours of the sea bed had to be established, and also the temperature of the water. Up to this time, deep soundings had rarely been attempted ...
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... environments (see Chapters 13 and 15). The findings of Edward Forbes, who had worked in the Mediterranean in the 1840s, were often quoted to support the idea of an azoic (without life) zone below 400 fathoms (780 m). There was, it was ...
... environments (see Chapters 13 and 15). The findings of Edward Forbes, who had worked in the Mediterranean in the 1840s, were often quoted to support the idea of an azoic (without life) zone below 400 fathoms (780 m). There was, it was ...
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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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