Oceanography : an introduction

著者

• Ingmanson, Dale E.
• Wallace, William J.

書誌事項

Oceanography : an introduction

Dale E. Ingmanson, William J. Wallace

Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1989

4th ed

注記

Includes bibliographies and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This book should be of interest to students taking introductory courses in oceanography.

目次

Preface. The ocean in perspective. The origin of the earth, ocean, and life. Obtaining information about the ocean basins. Ocean basins and sediments. Plate tectonics. Margins of the continents. The chemical properties of water. The physical properties of seawater. Climate and the ocean. Ocean circulation. Waves. Tides. Coastal processes and estuaries. Life in the sea: bacteria, protists, plants, and the invertebrates. Life in the sea: vertebrates. The distribution and abundance of life in the sea. Polar oceanography. Marine resources and ocean technology. Ocean pollution and management. Appendices: Latitude and longitude. Time and the date line. Scientific notation. Constants and equations. Supplementary topics to chapter 8. The Coriolis effect. Geologic time scale. The US coastline. A classification of living organisms. Glossary. Index.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA85514848
• ISBN:
  • 0534095526
• LCCN: 88017213
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Belmont, Calif.
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 511 p.
• 大きさ: 29 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : GC16
  • DC19 : 551.46
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Oceanography