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An Introduction

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An edition of Oceanography (1979)

Oceanography

An Introduction

2nd Edition
  • 3 Want to read

The waters...Religious as well as scientific concepts about the early earth refer to the ocean. Indeed, geologists who specialize in the early history of the earth believe that there was a globe-encircling ocean during the first billion years of the earth’s existence. The most recent theories about the chemical origin of life suggest that the first life formed in geothermal brines in the deep sea. Archeologists confirm that human societies have long had close ties to the edge of the sea. And the ocean continues to play an important role in our lives today. Of the world’s twenty largest cities, eighteen have direct ocean access. We swim in the sea, fish in it, sail on it, dump waste in it, and wonder about it.

Many of our students indicate a strong interest in learning about the diversity of marine organisms and how physical factors influence these organisms. This provided us with another reason for writing the book. To present a balanced and intergrated treatment of the ocean's physical and biological factors, the book emphasizes visual materials.

This second edition of Oceanography: An Introduction has been substantially rewritten and reorganized, based upon an extensive survey of over one hundred faculty members who have read the book or used it as a text. In addition, ten detailed reviews of the initial draft of this edition have been carefully evaluated. This research, combined with abundant feedback from our students at San Diego State University, has resulted in a book that is addressed precisely to the needs and interests of those most likely to use it and benefit from it.

Some of the new or substantially revised parts of the book include: a new chapter on continental drift; new sections on survival at sea, energy from the sea, and navigation; an expanded section on tidal theory; recent information on fisheries, maritime law, and pollution; and a completely revised chapter on the marine environment.

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Pages
357

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Oceanography: an tntroduction
1995, Wadsworth Publishing
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1995, Wadsworth, Wadsworth Publishing Company
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Table of Contents

1 The Ocean in Perspective 3
Origin of the Earth and Its Ocean 4 The Ocean, the Atmosphere, and the Origin of Life 5 The Birth of Oceanography 7 Further Reading 9
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2 Ocean Basins and Plate Tectonics 11
Obtaining Ocean Bottom Data 12 Characteristics of Ocean Basins 17 Abyssal Plains and Seamount Provinces 19 Island Ares and Trenches 24 Oceanic Ridges 25 Global Plate Tectonics 28 Evidence for the Plate Tectonic Model 35 Further Reading 37
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3 Margins of the Continents 39
Coasts and Coast Processes 40 Continental Shelves 49 Continental Slopes 54 Continental Rises 59 Case Studies 60 Further Reading 73
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4 Chemical and Physical Properties of Seawater 75
Properties of Water 76 Properties of Seawater 78 Determination of Salinity 79 Properties of Seawater and Their Effect on Life 83 Sampling Methods 86 Temperature 88 Pressure 95 Density 96 Solar Radiation 98 Ice in the Sea 108 Survival in the Sea 118 Further Reading 119
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5 Motion of the Waters 121
Types of Waves 124 On Surfing and Rip Currents 131 Refraction, Diffraction, and Reflection 132 Problem Waves 133 The Nature of Tides 140 Oceanic Circulation: The Surface Currents 152 Oceanic Circulation: The Deep Currents 163 Marginal and Inland Seas 168 Estuaries 169 Waterspouts and Whirlpools 171 Further Reading 173 Advanced Reading 173
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6 Diversity of Marine Life 175
The Interactions of Living Things 177 Monerans 178 Protistans 179 Fungi 180 Plants 181 Animals 184 Giants of the Sea—Sharks, Porpoises, and Whales 208 Further Reading 211 Advanced Reading 211
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7 The Marine Environment 213
Classification of Marine Environments 214 Energy: Rules of the Game 216 Productivity 222 Littoral Zone 228 Estuaries 231 Sublittoral Zone 238 Euphotic Zone 246 Aphotic Zone 248 Further Reading 252

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographies and index.
First ed. published in 1973 under title: Oceanology.

Published in
Belmont, CA 94002 USA
Series
#40-W-3005
Other Titles
Oceanology - 1st edition
Copyright Date
1979, 1973

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
551.4/6
Library of Congress
GC16 .I53 1979
lccn_permalink
78-16938

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
viii, 357p.
Number of pages
357

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4728943M
Internet Archive
oceanography
ISBN 10
0534005381
ISBN 13
9780534005382
LCCN
78016938
OCLC/WorldCat
4036536
Library Thing
783603

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