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100 1 $aPrager, Ellen J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99034239
245 14 $aThe oceans /$cEllen J. Prager with Sylvia A. Earle.
260 $aNew York :$bMcGraw-Hill,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axix, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-305) and index.
505 00 $tForeword: The Oceans: Cornerstones of Life /$rSylvia A. Earle --$tOceans of the Past.$tEvolution's Drama.$tThe Earth and the Ocean Are Born.$tLife Begins.$tThe Paleozoic Era: Life Blooms in the Sea.$tThe Mesozoic Era: A Midlife Crisis.$tThe Cenozoic Era: Modern Life --$tThe Seas of Today.$tThe Science of the Sea Begins.$tThe Physical and Chemical Ocean.$tOceans and Climate.$tThe Geological Ocean.$tThe Biological Ocean.$tA Once-Bountiful Sea --$tWaves of the Future.$tFrontiers of Ocean Science.$tLooking Back to Look Ahead /$rSylvia A. Earle.
520 1 $a"Approaching this vast and multifaceted subject with profound passion and a refreshing approach, ocean scientist and diver Ellen Prager, along with internationally renowned underwater explorer Sylvia Earle, crafts a comprehensive and understandable survey of the ocean's past, present, and future.
520 8 $aLeading readers on a fantastic undersea voyage spanning 4.5 billion years of natural history - from the Precambrian through the present - The Oceans reveals the nature and science of everything from waves, tides and sea level change, to hurricanes, El Nino, and global warming, along with marine sediments, plate tectonics, and the astonishing myriad of life that populates the ocean.
520 8 $aIn a discussion of the very latest discoveries in marine science - a field that combines oceanography, biology, geology, chemistry, physics, meteorology, and trailblazing underwater exploration - we are led into the interworkings of the sea and the increasingly complex relationship between humans and the ocean."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aOcean.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093871
650 0 $aOceanography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093937
650 0 $aMarine biology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081138
700 1 $aEarle, Sylvia A.,$d1935-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80034135
852 00 $bglg$hGC11.2$i.P74 2000