Principles of marine science / editor, Richard M. Renneboog, M.Sc., the University of Western Ontario.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Renneboog, Richard M., editor.

Series:

Principles of science ; [21]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine sciences.

Genre:

Reference works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 658 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press/Grey House Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

This book contains carefully selected articles that provide a sound foundation and starting point for beginning the process of understanding Earth's marine nature. Topics discussed include: Archaeology, Coastal Engineering, Deep Ocean Currents, Environmental Chemistry, Fisheries, Global Warming, Great Lakes Ecosystems, Indian Ocean, Landslides and Slope Stability, Marine Mining, Ocean-Floor Drilling Programs, Reefs, Tsunamis, and Volcanism.

Contents:

Acoustics

Adriatic Sea ecosystem

Aegean Sea ecosystem

Applied physics

Arabian Sea ecosystem

Archaeology

Arctic Ocean ecosystem

Atlantic Ocean

Atmospheric and oceanic oscillations

Atmospheric sciences

Barometry

Basaltic rocks

Beaches and coastal processes

Bering Sea ecosystem

Biogenic sedimentary rocks

Black Sea

Bleaching of coral reefs

Calculus

Carbon-oxygen cycle

Carbonate compensation depths

Carbonates

Caribbean Sea

Caspian Sea

Chemical precipitates

Chesapeake Bay

Chile intertidal zones

Chukchi Sea

Clathrates and methane hydrates

Climate and climatology

Coastal engineering

Coastal seas

Coastal wetlands

Continental shelves ecology

Coral reefs and seagrass beds

Coral triangle

Dead zones

Deep ocean currents

Deep-sea sedimentation

Earth science and the environment

Earth system science

Earth tides

Earthquakes

East China Sea ecosystem

East Siberian Sea

El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)

Environmental chemistry

Environmental engineering

Erosion control

Estuaries, bays, lagoons, and coastal rivers

Fisheries

Fisheries science

Flood-control technology

Floods

Fluid dynamics

Freshwater chemistry

Geographic information systems (GIS)

Geoinformatics

Global energy transfer

Global warming

Great Barrier Reef ecosystem

Great Lakes ecosystem

Gulf of Aden

Gulf of Mexico ecosystem

Gulf Stream

Hudson Bay ecosystem

Hydrologic cycle

Hydrothermal mineralization

Hydrothermal vents

Indian Ocean

International system of units (SI)

Intertidal zones

Klamath estuary

Landslides and slope stability

Laptev Sea ecosystem

Limnology

Manganese nodules

Maps and mapping

Marine conservation

Marine mining

Marine paleontology

Mediterranean Sea ecosystem

Mid-Pacific Gyre "Garbage Patch"

Mineralogy

Navigation

North Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean

North Sea ecosystem

Ocean and tidal energy technologies

Ocean-atmosphere interactions

Ocean colonization

Ocean drilling program

Ocean-floor drilling programs

Ocean pollution and oil spills

Ocean power

Ocean structure

Ocean tides

Ocean waves

Oceanography

Oceans' origin

Offshore wells

Oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon ratios

Pacific Ocean

Pattern recognition

Persian Gulf ecosystem

Petroleum extraction and processing

Philippine Sea

Red Sea ecosystem

Reefs

Remote sensing of the oceans

Robotics

Salinity and desalination

Sargasso Sea ecology

Sea level

Sea of Japan ecosystem

Seamounts

Seawater composition

South Atlantic Ocean

South China Sea ecosystem

South Pacific Ocean

Southern Ocean ecosystem

Surface ocean currents

Tasman Sea ecology

Tropical and subtropical oceanic regions

Tsunamis

Turbidity currents and submarine fans

Upwelling ecosystems

Volcanism

Wadden Sea

Water and ice

Water management

Water-pollution control

Water-rock interactions

White Sea ecosystem

World ocean circulation experiment

Yellow Sea ecosystem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Principles of marine science.

ISBN:

9781642657678

1642657670

OCLC:

1229186837