The Nordic seas
By: Burton G. Hurdle, editor.
Contributors: Hurdle, Burton G.
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 777
Subjects: Oceanography -- Arctic regions.; Sea ice -- Arctic regions.; Fjords -- Arctic regions.; Arctic regions -- Climate.
Description: Thorough, multidisciplinary account of the physical environment of this ocean area which includes the Greenland, Barents and Norwegian seas. Includes chapters on climatology; ice cover; the physical properties of the sea ice cover; brief overview of the physical oceanography; the arctic waters; the sound-speed structure; features of fjord and ocean interaction; tide, bathymetry; seafloor topography, sediments and paleoenvironments; geophysical and geochemical signatures and plate tectonics.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Historical foreword / Hakon Mosby; title: Climatology / Stuart G. Gathman; title: The ice cover / Peter Wadhams; title: The physical properties of the sea ice cover / W.F. Weeks; title: Brief overview of the physical oceanography / Ola M. Johannessen; title: The Arctic water / James H. Swift; title: The sound-speed structure / Burton G. Hurdle; title: Features of fjord and ocean interaction / Herman G. Gade; title: Tides / Ernst W. Schwiderski; title: Bathymetry / R.K. Perry; title: Seafloor topography, sediments, and paleoenvironments / P.R.  Vogt; title: Geophysical and geochemical signatures and plate tectonics / P.R. Vogt.