Oceanography
Subtitle: an invitation to marine science
By: Tom Garrison.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole; Brooks/Cole
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 588
ISBN-13: 9780495112860
Subjects: Oceanography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowing the ocean world; title: Origins; title: Earth structure and plate tectonics; title: Continental margins and ocean basins; title: Sediments; title: Water and ocean structure; title: Ocean chemistry; title: Circulation of the atmosphere; title: Circulation of the ocean; title: Waves; title: Tides; title: Coasts; title: Life in the ocean; title: Plankton, algae, and plants; title: Marine animals; title: Marine communities; title: Marine resources; title: Environmental concerns; title: Afterword; title: Appendix I. Measurements and conversions; title: Appendix II. Geologic time; title: Appendix III. Latitude and longitude, time, and navigation; title: Appendix IV. Maps and charts; title: Appendix V. The Coriolis effect; title: Appendix VI. Taxonomic classification of marine organisms; title: Appendix VII. Calculating the tide-generating force; title: Appendix VIII. Periodic table of the elements; title: Appendix IX. Working in marine science.