Essentials of oceanography.
Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.Edition: 8th ed. / Alan P. Trujillo, Harold V. ThurmanDescription: xx, 532 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm. 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0131447734 (pbk.)
- 9780131447738 (pbk.)
- 0131447742 (CDROM)
- 9780131447745 (CDROM)
- 551.46 22 TRU
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Table of contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Introduction to Planet "Earth" 6-37
2 Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor 38-75
3 Marine Provinces 76-99
4 Marine Sediments 100-133
5 Water and Seawater 134-165
6 Air-Sea Interaction 166-205
7 Ocean Circulation 206-245
8 Waves and Water Dynamics 246-275
9 Tides 276-299
10 The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes 300-325
11 The Coastal Ocean 326-355
12 Marine Life and the Marine Environment 356-381
13 Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer 382-417
14 Animals of the Pelagic Environment 418-447
15 Animals of the Benthic Environment 448-478
Afterword 479-480
Appendixes 481-494
I. Metric and English Units Compared
II. Geographic Locations
III. Latitude and Longitude on Earth
IV. A Chemical Background: Why Water Has 2 Hõs and 1 O
V. Careers in Oceanography
Glossary 496
Credits and Acknowledgements 515
Index 519
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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