Research Catalog

Title

Oceanography : an invitation to marine science / Tom Garrison.

Author

Garrison, Tom, 1942-2016.

Publication

Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2007.

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Details

Description

xx, 588 p.: col. ill., col. maps; 29 cm.

Subject

• Oceanography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Knowing the ocean world -- Origins -- Earth structure and plate tectonics -- Continental margins and ocean basins -- Sediments -- Water and ocean structure -- Ocean chemistry -- Circulation of the atmosphere -- Circulation of the ocean -- Waves -- Tides -- Coasts -- Life in the ocean -- Plankton, algae, and plants -- Marine animals -- Marine communities -- Marine resources -- Environmental concerns -- Afterword -- Appendix I. Measurements and conversions -- Appendix II. Geologic time -- Appendix III. Latitude and longitude, time, and navigation -- Appendix IV. Maps and charts -- Appendix V. The Coriolis effect -- Appendix VI. Taxonomic classification of marine organisms -- Appendix VII. Calculating the tide-generating force -- Appendix VIII. Periodic table of the elements -- Appendix IX. Working in marine science.

ISBN

• 9780495112860 (student ed.)
• 0495112860 (student ed.)
• 9780495113447 (looseleaf ed.)
• 0495113441 (looseleaf ed.)

LCCN

2006933465

OCLC

• ocm77765037
• SCSB-1459507

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library