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OCEANOGRAPHY: PERSPECTIVES ON A FLUID EARTH
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This basic text for undergraduate courses in oceanography/ocean science provides a solid integration of physical, chemical, geological, and biological topics. Organized to allow instructors to proceed methodically, this book offers up-to-date coverage of the marine world and its organization, providing a complete overview of how and why the fluid earth system behaves the way it does. Topics of note include continental margins and basin sediments, the sea and man, and the chemistry of seawater.
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PERSPECTIVES IN MARINE SCIENCE.

Outline of Perspectives for Ocean Study.

The Nature of the Fluid Ocean.

Marine Specialists and Interdiscipline Crosstalk.

SHAPE AND SEDIMENTS OF OCEAN BASINS.

Shapes of Ocean Basins.

Continental Margins and Basin Sediments.

PROPERTIES OF WATER AND SEAWATER.

Water and Seawater Properties.

Sea Salts.

Two Oceanographic Cruises.

WATER MASSES, FORCES, AND OCEAN CIRCULATION.

Seawater Density--Physical and Biological Effects.

Forces That Move Fluid Oceans and Atmosphere.

Circulation in the Oceans.

THE MARINE BIOSPHERE.

FRAMEWORK FOR THE MARINE BIOSPHERE.

Basic Factors in the Marine Biosphere.

Organizing the Marine Biosphere.

Light and Color in the Sea.

Plants and Animals of the Open Ocean Photic Zone.

COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY.

Marine Plants and Animals of the Open Coasts.

Waves and Wave-Like Ocean Motion.

Coastal Oceanography.

SPECIAL TOPICS.

The Sea and Man.

The Polar Oceans.

Plate Tectonics and Ocean Basins.

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