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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... wave power, and to waste disposal. It is of great relevance to defence and to the proper management and regulation of the use of the seas, especially when this may involve pollution or degradation of the marine environment. The global ...
... wave power, and to waste disposal. It is of great relevance to defence and to the proper management and regulation of the use of the seas, especially when this may involve pollution or degradation of the marine environment. The global ...
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... waves of the sea5. Of these, Aristotle (in the fourth century BC) most influenced later European science. He wrote widely on natural science, as well as politics and philosophy, and his works contain much to interest oceanographers ...
... waves of the sea5. Of these, Aristotle (in the fourth century BC) most influenced later European science. He wrote widely on natural science, as well as politics and philosophy, and his works contain much to interest oceanographers ...
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... waves. But perhaps the most important development for marine science came through the technology developed in response to the challenge of laying deep-sea telegraph cables, as this made scientific investigation of the ocean depths ...
... waves. But perhaps the most important development for marine science came through the technology developed in response to the challenge of laying deep-sea telegraph cables, as this made scientific investigation of the ocean depths ...
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... waves, now known to occur naturally throughout the ocean, at the interface between layers of water of differing density. In northern seas such waves are generated when a ship moves through a shallow layer of fresh water, originating ...
... waves, now known to occur naturally throughout the ocean, at the interface between layers of water of differing density. In northern seas such waves are generated when a ship moves through a shallow layer of fresh water, originating ...
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... wave research. Until then no way had been found to study sea waves that was not purely descriptive32. A major breakthrough occurred when a war-time research team based at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, in Teddington, England ...
... wave research. Until then no way had been found to study sea waves that was not purely descriptive32. A major breakthrough occurred when a war-time research team based at the Admiralty Research Laboratory, in Teddington, England ...
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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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