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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... produce charts of winds and currents, based on observation, for an entire ocean and to show how the course of ocean currents was largely shaped by prevailing winds. A former naval officer and surveyor for the East India Company, he was ...
... produce charts of winds and currents, based on observation, for an entire ocean and to show how the course of ocean currents was largely shaped by prevailing winds. A former naval officer and surveyor for the East India Company, he was ...
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... produce the first global map of what the sea bed is made of. John Murray, who edited the Challenger Report after the death of Wyville Thomson in 1882, had made observations during the voyage which enabled him to show that, in most parts ...
... produce the first global map of what the sea bed is made of. John Murray, who edited the Challenger Report after the death of Wyville Thomson in 1882, had made observations during the voyage which enabled him to show that, in most parts ...
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... production – the phytoplankton, single-celled plants grazed by the zooplankton on which all other creatures in the sea depend, either directly or indirectly, for food (modern research also highlights the importance of bacteria in ...
... production – the phytoplankton, single-celled plants grazed by the zooplankton on which all other creatures in the sea depend, either directly or indirectly, for food (modern research also highlights the importance of bacteria in ...
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... production of vertical velocities and the transfer of boundary layer air to the less turbulent free atmosphere above, and of boundary water to the less turbulent deep ocean below. The frictional stress of the wind on the sea surface, on ...
... production of vertical velocities and the transfer of boundary layer air to the less turbulent free atmosphere above, and of boundary water to the less turbulent deep ocean below. The frictional stress of the wind on the sea surface, on ...
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Contents
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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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