A journey through tides / edited by Mattias Green and João C. Duarte.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Green, Mattias, 1971- editor.

Duarte, João C. (João Casal), 1981- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tides.

Tides--History.

Earth tides.

Earth tides--History.

Oceanography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Kidlington, Oxford, England ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Elsevier, [2023]

Summary:

A Journey Through Tides is a fully comprehensive text on the history of tides. It brings together geology and oceanography and discusses, in detail, new ideas that have emerged about how tectonics and tides interact. In addition, the book provides an overview of Earth's history, from the perspective of tidal changes, while also highlighting other fascinating phenomena (e.g., solid Earth tides and links between tides and earthquakes). Sections cover an introduction to tides for oceanography students and scientists from other disciplines, cover the Earth's deep time processes, and include several case studies of specific topics/processes that apply to a earth science disciplines. There are many other processes that drive and modify the tides, hence this book also describes why there is a tide, how it has changed since Earth's early days, and what consequences the tides, and changes in the tides, have on other parts of the Earth system.

Contents:

Intro

A Journey Through Tides

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Contributors

Editors biography

Preface

Acknowledgments

Section 1: Fundamentals

Chapter 1: Tidal science before and after Newton

1. Introduction

2. Aspects of the tides known since antiquity

3. Investigations of the tides before Newton

4. Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica

5. Essays for the Académie Royale des Sciences

6. Before and after Newton

7. Conclusions

References

Chapter 2: Introducing the oceans

1. Our blue planet

2. Physical properties of seawater

3. Geography and ocean circulation

4. Key water masses and global distributions

5. Oceanic impact on and sensitivity to Earth's climate

Chapter 3: A brief introduction to tectonics

1. Tectonics

1.1. Early ideas

1.2. Paradigm shift

1.3. The theory of plate tectonics

1.4. The modern conception of plate tectonics

2. Earth's tectonic cycles

2.1. The Wilson cycle

2.2. The supercontinent cycle

2.3. The supertidal cycle

Chapter 4: Why is there a tide?

1. Introduction to tides

1.1. The importance of tides

1.2. The ups and downs of the seas

1.3. The dance of the Earth and the Moon

1.4. The tide generating force

2. Tidal theories

2.1. Equilibrium theory of tides

2.2. Why the tide does not behave as an equilibrium tide

2.3. The effects of Earth's rotation on the tide

2.4. The dynamic theory of tides

3. Tides in the real world

3.1. The tide as a shallow water wave

3.2. Standing and progressive waves

3.3. Resonance

3.4. Coriolis effect, geostrophy, and Kelvin waves

3.5. Barotropic and baroclinic tides

3.6. Tidal currents

3.7. Tidal charts

4. Tidal energetics and energy losses

4.1. Tidal friction

4.2. Internal tides.

5. Chapter summary

Section 2: A tidal journey through time

Chapter 5: A timeline of Earth's history

1. Geological time

2. Chrono-stratigraphy

3. The geological timescale

4. Main events in Earth's history

4.1. The Hadean Eon (4600-4000Ma)

4.2. Archean Eon (4000-2500Ma)

4.3. Proterozoic Eon (2500Ma-541Ma)

4.4. Phanerozoic Eon (541-0Ma)

5. Final remarks

Chapter 6: Hadean and Archean (4600-2500 Ma)

2. Methods

2.1. Tidal modeling

2.2. Bathymetry

3. Results

3.1. Present-day Earth bathymetry

3.2. Venusian topography

3.3. Archean ensemble

4. Discussion

Chapter 7: Proterozoic (2500-541Ma)

2.3. Simulations and computations

3.1. Present-day validation

3.2. Tidal evolution 1500-750Ma

3.3. Tidal evolution 750-540Ma

4. Summary

Chapter 8: Phanerozoic (541Ma-present day)

2. Tectonics

3. ``It's life, Jim, but not as we know it´´

4. The ups and downs of phanerozoic tides

5. Methods

5.1. Tidal modeling

5.2. Reconstructions

5.3. Simulations

5.4. Present day validation

6. Results

6.1. Paleozoic (541-252Ma)

6.2. Mesozoic (252-66Ma)

6.3. Cenozoic (66-0Ma)

6.4. Other constituents

7. Case studies

7.1. The Devonian

7.2. The Eocene

7.3. Extinctions

8. Summary

Chapter 9: Present day: Tides in a changing climate

2. Climate and sea level through the late Quaternary

2.1. The Last Glacial Cycle

2.2. The Last Glacial Maximum

2.3. The Last Deglacial

2.4. The Holocene

2.5. Late Holocene to present day

2.6. Future

3. Modeling the tides during the late Pleistocene and Holocene.

3.1. Tide model

3.2. Bathymetries and simulations

4. Tides during the late Pleistocene, Holocene, and into the future

4.1. Tides during the Last Glacial Cycle and late Pleistocene

4.1.1. Semi-diurnal tidal changes

4.1.2. Changes in the principle diurnal tidal constituent

4.1.3. Implications for tidal changes during the late Pleistocene

4.2. Tidal dynamics during the Last Glacial Maximum

4.2.1. Tidal elevation amplitudes

4.2.2. Tidal energy losses

4.2.3. Consequences of altered LGM tidal dynamics

4.3. Tidal changes through the Deglacial and the Holocene

4.3.1. Global changes in tidal dynamics

4.3.2. Regional changes in tides during the mid and late Holocene

4.3.3. Effects of deglacial tidal changes

4.4. Changes in tides since the preindustrial era

4.4.1. Observed tidal trends: The tide gauge record and satellite altimetry

4.4.2. What is driving today's changes in the tides?

4.5. Future changes in the tides

5. Summary

Chapter 10: Into the future

2.2. Maps of the future

3.2. Pangea ultima

3.3. Novopangea

3.4. Aurica

3.5. Amasia

Section 3: Consequences of living on a tidal planet

Chapter 11: Tides at a coast

2. Tides at the coast

3. Tidal interactions with other physical processes

3.1. Tidal interaction with the atmosphere at the coast

3.2. Tidal interaction with regions of freshwater

3.3. Tidal interactions with wind generated sea surface waves at the coast

4. Transport of matter

4.1. Turbulent mixing and the flushing of coastal seas

4.2. Transport of properties and materials

5. Tidal observations at the coast

5.1. Tide gauge networks

5.2. Measurement technology.

5.3. Data types

5.4. Quality control and data analysis

5.5. Sea-level rise (SLR), climate assessments and storm surges

5.6. Acceleration of SLR and SLR modulating tidal constituents

6. Tidal applications

6.1. Predictions for ports and harbors

6.2. Tidal datums

6.3. Predictions for flood forecasting

6.4. Tidal power

6.5. Summary

Chapter 12: Tidal rhythmites: Their contribution to the characterization of tidal dynamics and environments

2. Tidalites and tidal rhythmites: Definition and first description

3. Methodology for tidal rhythmite recognition

4. Environments of deposition of tidal rhythmites

5. Implications of tidal rhythmite recognition and interpretation

5.1. Tidal rhythmites as proxies for ancient tidal dynamic and environment identification, and paleogeographic reconstruction

5.2. Tidal rhythmites as proxies of depositional elevation in a tidal environment

5.3. Tidal rhythmites as proxies of sedimentation rate measurement and time deposition estimates

5.4. Tidal rhythmites as proxies of orbital parameter changes of the Earth-Moon system

6. Conclusion

Chapter 13: Tides: Lifting life in the ocean

1. The productive ocean

2. The biological carbon pump

3. A nutrient-rich interior ocean

4. A nutrient-limited surface ocean

5. Mixing nutrients up

6. Mixing life down

7. Shining light in the deep

8. Succession and mortality

9. Ecosystem productivity

10. A role for tides, turbulence, and deep production

Chapter 14: Tides, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions

2. Data and methods to study the tidal influence on faults and volcanoes

2.1. Observations

2.2. Methods to evaluate tidal influence on seismic and volcanic activity.

3. Case studies of tidal control on earthquakes and volcanoes

3.1. Tectonic systems

3.1.1. Continental faults: The San Andreas fault, California

3.1.2. Subduction zones: Japan

3.2. Volcanic settings

3.2.1. Unrest calderas: The hydrothermal system of Campi Flegrei, Italy

3.2.2. Erupting volcanic systems: Short to long-term tidal influence

4. How do tides influence seismic and volcanic activity?

5. Summary and future outlook

Chapter 15: Solid Earth tides

2. Traditional theory and inferences from observations

2.1. Love-Shida numbers

2.2. Extensions to Love-Shida theory

2.2.1. Rotation

2.2.2. Laterally heterogeneous Earth structure

2.2.3. Anelasticity

2.3. Ocean tide loading

3. Tides on a complicated Earth

3.1. Connection to free oscillation theory

3.2. Equivalence with Love-Shida numbers

3.3. Anelastic Love numbers

3.4. Departure from spherical symmetry

4. Constraining Earth's structure

5. Future tidal study

Chapter 16: Atmospheric tides-An Earth system signal

2. Solar tides

3. Lunar tides

4. Importance of atmospheric tides

4.1. Atmosphere-ionosphere coupling

4.2. Constraints on tropospheric processes

4.3. Geodesy

5. Beyond Earth's modern atmosphere

5.1. Tidal braking and Precambrian day length

5.2. Superrotation of Venus

5.3. Summary remark

Chapter 17: Tidal drag in exoplanet oceans

2. Water in the cosmos

3. Exoplanet oceans

4. Ocean tides on exoplanets

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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