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020 _a 9780072472806
082 0 0 _a551.46
_bSVE
100 1 _aSverdrup, Keith A.
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to the world's oceans.
250 _a7th ed. /
260 _aBoston :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_cc2003.
300 _axvi, 521 p. :
_bill. (some col.), col. maps ;
500 _aRev. ed. of: An introduction to the world's oceans. 6th ed. / Alyn C. Duxbury, Alison B. Duxbury, Keith A. Sverdrup. c2000.
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _a The History of Oceanography Prologue: The History of Oceanography 1 The Water Planet 2 Plate Tectonics 3 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments 4 The Physical Properties of Water 5 The Chemistry of Seawater 6 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere 7 Circulation and Ocean Structure 8 The Currents 9 The Waves 10 The Tides 11 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries 12 Environmental Issues and Concerns 13 The Living Ocean 14 Production and Life 15 The Plankton: Drifters of the Open Ocean 16 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea 17 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor Appendix A: Scientific (or Exponential) Notation Appendix B: SI Units Appendix C: Equations and Quantitative Relationships Glossary
650 0 _aOceanography.
700 1 _aDuxbury, Alyn C.,
700 1 _aDuxbury, Alison.
856 4 2 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh022/2002067854.html
856 4 1 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh021/2002067854.html
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