Oceanography
Subtitle: An Introduction
By: Dale E. Ingmanson, William J. Wallace.
Contributors: Wallace, William J., joint author.
Edition: 2nd Edition
Series: #40-W-3005
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company, Inc.; printed by Kingsport Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Belmont, CA 94002 USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780534005382
Copyright date: 1979, 1973
Subjects: Oceanography
Other titles: Oceanology - 1st edition
Description: The waters...Religious as well as scientific concepts about the early earth refer to the ocean. Indeed, geologists who specialize in the early history of the earth believe that there was a globe-encircling ocean during the first billion years of the earth’s existence. The most recent theories about the chemical origin of life suggest that the first life formed in geothermal brines in the deep sea. Archeologists confirm that human societies have long had close ties to the edge of the sea. And the ocean continues to play an important role in our lives today. Of the world’s twenty largest cities, eighteen have direct ocean access. We swim in the sea, fish in it, sail on it, dump waste in it, and wonder about it.

Many of our students indicate a strong interest in learning about the diversity of marine organisms and how physical factors influence these organisms. This provided us with another reason for writing the book. To present a balanced and intergrated treatment of the ocean's physical and biological factors, the book emphasizes visual materials.

This second edition of Oceanography: An Introduction has been substantially rewritten and reorganized, based upon an extensive survey of over one hundred faculty members who have read the book or used it as a text. In addition, ten detailed reviews of the initial draft of this edition have been carefully evaluated. This research, combined with abundant feedback from our students at San Diego State University, has resulted in a book that is addressed precisely to the needs and interests of those most likely to use it and benefit from it.

Some of the new or substantially revised parts of the book include: a new chapter on continental drift; new sections on survival at sea, energy from the sea, and navigation; an expanded section on tidal theory; recent information on fisheries, maritime law, and pollution; and a completely revised chapter on the marine environment.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
First ed. published in 1973 under title: Oceanology.
Table of contents: title: 1 The Ocean in Perspective 3; title: Origin of the Earth and Its Ocean 4 The Ocean, the Atmosphere, and the Origin of Life 5 The Birth of Oceanography 7 Further Reading 9; title: --------; title: 2 Ocean Basins and Plate Tectonics 11; title: Obtaining Ocean Bottom Data 12  Characteristics of Ocean Basins 17 Abyssal Plains and Seamount Provinces 19 Island Ares and Trenches 24 Oceanic Ridges 25 Global Plate Tectonics 28 Evidence for the Plate Tectonic Model 35 Further Reading 37; title: ------------; title: 3 Margins of the Continents 39; title: Coasts and Coast Processes 40 Continental Shelves 49 Continental Slopes 54 Continental Rises 59 Case Studies 60 Further Reading 73; title: -------------; title: 4 Chemical and Physical Properties of Seawater 75; title: Properties of Water 76 Properties of Seawater 78 Determination of Salinity 79 Properties of Seawater and Their Effect on Life 83 Sampling Methods 86 Temperature 88 Pressure 95 Density 96 Solar Radiation 98 Ice in the Sea 108 Survival in the Sea 118 Further Reading 119; title: ----------------; title: 5 Motion of the Waters 121; title: Types of Waves 124 On Surfing and Rip Currents 131 Refraction, Diffraction, and Reflection 132 Problem Waves 133 The Nature of Tides 140 Oceanic Circulation: The Surface Currents 152 Oceanic Circulation: The Deep Currents 163 Marginal and Inland Seas 168  Estuaries 169  Waterspouts and Whirlpools 171 Further Reading 173 Advanced Reading 173; title: -----------; title: 6 Diversity of Marine Life 175; title: The Interactions of Living Things 177  Monerans 178 Protistans 179 Fungi 180 Plants 181 Animals 184 Giants of the Sea—Sharks, Porpoises, and Whales 208 Further Reading 211 Advanced Reading 211; title: --------------; title: 7 The Marine Environment 213; title: Classification of Marine Environments 214 Energy: Rules of the Game 216 Productivity 222 Littoral Zone 228 Estuaries 231 Sublittoral Zone 238 Euphotic Zone 246 Aphotic Zone 248 Further Reading 252