Essentials Of Oceanography
ISBN: 9780495555315 | 0495555312
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 7/30/2008
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The fifth edition of ESSENTIALS OF OCEANOGRAPHY conveys Garrison's enthusiasm for oceanography to non-science students taking the introductory course. It is a streamlined version of his bestselling OCEANOGRAPHY text, but was created specifically to meet the needs of the shorter course. This text provides a basic understanding of the scientific questions, complexities, and uncertainties involved in ocean use, and the role and importance of oceans in nurturing and sustaining life on the planet.
| Origins | |
| History | |
| Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics | |
| Ocean Basins | |
| Sediments | |
| Water | |
| Atmospheric Circulation | |
| Ocean Circulation | |
| Waves | |
| Tides | |
| Coasts | |
| Life in the Ocean | |
| Pelagic Communities | |
| Benthic Communiti... MORE | |
| Uses and Abuses of the Ocean | |
| Afterword | |
| Measurements and Conversions | |
| Geological Time | |
| Latitude and Longitude, Time, and Navigation | |
| Maps and Charts | |
| Working in Marine Science | |
| Glossary | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
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