Investigating Oceanography,9780078022937

Investigating Oceanography

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780078022937
ISBN10: 0078022932
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2016-01-06
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Table of Contents

Prologue: The History of Oceanography

1 The Water Planet

2 Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics

3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

4 The Physical Properties of Water

5 Seawater

6 The Atmosphere and the Oceans

7 Ocean Structure and Circulation

8 The Waves

9 The Tides

10 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries

11 The Living Ocean

12 The Plankton, Energy, and Food Webs

13 The Nekton: Swimmers of the Sea

14 The Benthos: Living on the Sea Floor

15 Environmental Issues

16 The Oceans and Climate Disruption

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