Invitation to OceanographyInvitation to Oceanography, Third Edition provides students with a fundamental overview of the four major branches of ocean science: geology, chemistry, physics, and biology. The approach used is a broad one, relying on basic concepts to explain the ocean's many mysteries. Anybody -- whether sailor, surfer, beachcomber, or student -- can learn about the processes and creatures of the oceans by reading this visually exciting book. |
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Contents
The Growth | 3 |
CHAPTER | 5 |
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 14 |
Early Scientific Investigations | 17 |
MARINE ARCHEOLOGY | 23 |
Study Guide | 27 |
Bathymetric Provinces | 35 |
Kingdom Fungi | 291 |
Hydrostatic Pressure | 301 |
Functional Morphology of Fishes Nekton | 307 |
102 | 327 |
FEATURES | 335 |
Primary Production in the Ocean | 338 |
307 | 344 |
PHYSICS | 356 |
POWERS OF 10 | 41 |
A TREK TO THE CREST | 47 |
CHAPTER 3 | 61 |
The Geomagnetic Field | 66 |
43 | 67 |
Subduction Zones | 72 |
THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT | 77 |
A Summary of Global Plate Tectonics | 80 |
47 | 88 |
CHAPTER 4 | 91 |
DUST STORMS | 102 |
FEATURES | 124 |
Preview | 133 |
The Solutes of Seawater | 140 |
Factors that Regulate the Salinity of Seawater | 146 |
DESALINATION | 164 |
THE SEASURFACE MICROLAYER | 176 |
POWERS OF 10 | 178 |
The WindDriven Currents of the Sea Surface | 192 |
Water Masses and DensityDriven | 208 |
120 | 214 |
Study Guide | 222 |
Waves in the Ocean | 227 |
Shoreline Under Storm Conditions | 240 |
FEATURES | 262 |
PHYSICS | 268 |
Marine Ecology | 285 |
Study Guide | 360 |
The Dynamic | 365 |
CHAPTER 4 | 366 |
FEATURES | 371 |
GEOLOGY | 372 |
CHAPTER 6 | 392 |
494 | 393 |
194 | 399 |
Origin of Estuaries | 400 |
BIOLOGY | 406 |
CHAPTER 5 | 421 |
Law of the Sea Treaty | 456 |
GEOLOGY | 460 |
CobaltRich Oceanic Crusts | 462 |
461 | 476 |
Dredging | 492 |
SCIENCE BY NUMBERS | 510 |
Biology of Corals | 512 |
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| Title | Invitation to Oceanography Oceanography Series |
| Author | Paul R. Pinet |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0763721360, 9780763721367 |
| Length | 555 pages |
| Subjects | › › Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography Science / Life Sciences / Ecology Science / Life Sciences / Marine Biology |
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