This is the third edition of a well-received supplementary text first published in 1973. Completely revised and updated, this new edition of this highly acclaimed anthology about the world's oceans includes 37 articles and essays, most published after 1990, by over fifty of the world's leading ocean scientists. Based on the outline for an introductory course in oceanography, the new edition includes several articles that address important recent developments in the field, including global research programs dealing with ocean circulation, sea level, climate, and deltas. Other articles discuss advances in marine technology and challenge the way world communities manage their oceans. Several contemporary articles describe continuing research in the field and in the laboratory in such areas as sea level and climate change, and gas hydrates. Designed to provide supplemental reading on current research topics the book features a balance of categories, and the articles vary in terms of technical difficulty, providing students and instructors with the opportunity for in-depth discussions of research strategies and methodologies.
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"Interesting selection of topics. Short chapters, easy to read, good length".--Molly Ahlgren, Sheldon Jackson College--Sitka
"...a rich tapestry of interesting information."--The Leading Edge
"...if you teach oceanography at any level, by all means, buy the book. This book is an invaluable resource for teachers who want to update and enliven lecture material."--Elizabeth A. Burton, Journal of Geoscience Education
"...a rich tapestry of interesting information."--The Leading Edge
"...if you teach oceanography at any level, by all means, buy the book. This book is an invaluable resource for teachers who want to update and enliven lecture material."--Elizabeth A. Burton, Journal of Geoscience Education
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Sitting before my typewriter only ten miles from where the Apollo 14 rocket was successfully launched this morning, I find it all too easy to forget that there are regions of the earth that have not been fully explored. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iceberg utilization, retroflection eddies, polar continental shelves, steric height, blended data, occurring gas hydrates, giant white clams, swirl speeds, planktonic ostracods, gas hydrate deposits, float trajectories, light editing, gas hydrate formation, precautionary limit, vesicomyid clams, vent activity, pit sludge, krill fishery, gas hydrate stability, sea level research, krill stock, vent clam, vent organisms, vent fields, hydrate zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Gulf Stream, North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, East Pacific Rise, Galapagos Rift, Prince William Sound, Southern Ocean, Woods Hole, Southern Oscillation, Juan de Fuca Ridge, South Farallon Islands, Van Dover, Exxon Valdez, South Atlantic, National Research Council, Pacific Ocean, Deep Sea Res, Earth Planet, Indian Ocean, Montague Strait, Rose Garden, Sargasso Sea, Florida Keys New!
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Sitting before my typewriter only ten miles from where the Apollo 14 rocket was successfully launched this morning, I find it all too easy to forget that there are regions of the earth that have not been fully explored. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
iceberg utilization, retroflection eddies, polar continental shelves, steric height, blended data, occurring gas hydrates, giant white clams, swirl speeds, planktonic ostracods, gas hydrate deposits, float trajectories, light editing, gas hydrate formation, precautionary limit, vesicomyid clams, vent activity, pit sludge, krill fishery, gas hydrate stability, sea level research, krill stock, vent clam, vent organisms, vent fields, hydrate zone Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Gulf Stream, North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, East Pacific Rise, Galapagos Rift, Prince William Sound, Southern Ocean, Woods Hole, Southern Oscillation, Juan de Fuca Ridge, South Farallon Islands, Van Dover, Exxon Valdez, South Atlantic, National Research Council, Pacific Ocean, Deep Sea Res, Earth Planet, Indian Ocean, Montague Strait, Rose Garden, Sargasso Sea, Florida Keys New!
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- Natural Gases in Marine Sediments by Isaac R. Kaplan on page 354, and page 355
- Coral Reefs (Ocean Facts) by Katy Pike on page 160, and page 172
- New Zealand (Enchantment of the World, Second) by Donna Walsh Shepherd on page 302
- Bioluminescence in Progress by F. H. Johnson on page 280
- Studies in Continental Margin Geology (AAPG Memoir No. 34) by Joel S. Watkins on page 355
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- Towing Icebergs, Falling Dominoes, and Other Adventures in Applied Mathematics by Robert B. Banks in Back Matter
- The Ocean Basins: Their Structure and Evolution, Second Edition (Open University Oceanography) by Open University in Back Matter
- Estuary Restoration and Maintenance: The National Estuary Program (Marine Science) by Michael J. Kennish in Front Matter
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