An introduction to the world's oceans /
Sverdrup, Keith A.
An introduction to the world's oceans / Keith A. Sverdrup, Alyn C. Duxburry and Alison B. Duxburry. - Seventh edition - Dubuque : McGraw Hill Education, c2003 - xvi, 521 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Includes index.
Chapter 1 : The Water planet -- Chapter 2 : Plate tectonics -- Chapter 3 : The Sea floor and its sediments -- Chapter 4 : The Physical properties of water -- Chapter 5 : The Chemistry of seawater -- Chapter 6 : The Structure and motion of the atmosphere -- Chapter 7 : Circulation and ocean structure -- Chapter 8 : The Currents -- Chapter 9 : The Waves -- Chapter 10 : The Tides -- Chapter 11 : Coasts, beaches, and estuaries -- Chapter 12 : Environmental issues and concerns -- Chapter 13 : The Living ocean -- Chapter 14 : Production and life -- Chapter 15 : The Plankton : drifters of the open ocean -- Chapter 16 : The Nekton : free swimmers of the sea -- Chapter 17 : The Benthos : dwellers of the sea floor
Svenner Lighthouse is situated on a rocky point in a group of islands of the Larvik area off the Southeastern coast of Norway near the mouth of the Oslo Fjord. Built in 1900, this cast-iron light replaced the original light built here in 1874.
72472804
OCEANOGRAPHY
GC 11.2 .S969 2003
An introduction to the world's oceans / Keith A. Sverdrup, Alyn C. Duxburry and Alison B. Duxburry. - Seventh edition - Dubuque : McGraw Hill Education, c2003 - xvi, 521 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Includes index.
Chapter 1 : The Water planet -- Chapter 2 : Plate tectonics -- Chapter 3 : The Sea floor and its sediments -- Chapter 4 : The Physical properties of water -- Chapter 5 : The Chemistry of seawater -- Chapter 6 : The Structure and motion of the atmosphere -- Chapter 7 : Circulation and ocean structure -- Chapter 8 : The Currents -- Chapter 9 : The Waves -- Chapter 10 : The Tides -- Chapter 11 : Coasts, beaches, and estuaries -- Chapter 12 : Environmental issues and concerns -- Chapter 13 : The Living ocean -- Chapter 14 : Production and life -- Chapter 15 : The Plankton : drifters of the open ocean -- Chapter 16 : The Nekton : free swimmers of the sea -- Chapter 17 : The Benthos : dwellers of the sea floor
Svenner Lighthouse is situated on a rocky point in a group of islands of the Larvik area off the Southeastern coast of Norway near the mouth of the Oslo Fjord. Built in 1900, this cast-iron light replaced the original light built here in 1874.
72472804
OCEANOGRAPHY
GC 11.2 .S969 2003