An Introduction to the World's Oceans - Rilegato

Sverdrup, Keith; Armbrust, Virginia

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0073254835 ISBN 13: 9780073254838

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

Riassunto

An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Ninth Edition, is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth.

A major objective of the text is to stimulate student interest and curiosity by blending contemporary information and research with basic principles to form an integrated introduction to the sciences of the oceans. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct their own research and examine other findings such as analyzing satellite data and large-scale oceanographic programs. From this vast amount of data, they select interesting, relevant, and understandable examples that illustrate contemporary principles of oceanography.

An Introduction to the World's Oceans places greater emphasis on the physical and geological aspects of the oceans than on the chemical and geochemical properties, because the latter disciplines require more specific background knowledge. An ecological approach helps integrate the biological chapters with other subjects. Students are encouraged to look at oceanography as a cohesive and united discipline rather than a collection of subjects gathered under a marine umbrella. As with all previous editions, the authors continue to make each chapter stand as independently as possible, so that professors can assign chapters in the order that best suits their classrooms.

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L'autore

Keith Sverdrup is a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Contenuti

1 The History of Oceanography

2 The Water Planet

3 Plate Tectonics

4 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments

5 The Physical Properties of Water

6 The Chemistry of Seawater

7 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere

8 Circulation and Ocean Structure

9 The Surface Currents

10 The Waves

11 The Tides

12 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries

13 Environmental Issues and Concerns

14 The Living Ocean

15 Production and Life

16 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean

17 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea

18 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0073254835
• ISBN 13: 9780073254838
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 521