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The ocean basins : their structure and evolution /

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This is an invaluable textbook, prepared by the Open University team and designed so that it can be read on its own or as part of the OU course. This second edition has been fully revised and updated including new colour illustrations increasing the striking spread of full colour diagrams throughout...

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Main Author: Wright, John
Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Open University. Oceanography Course Team, Open University
Other Authors: Rothery, David A., Brown, Joan (Joan E.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [UK] ; Boston : Milton Keynes, England : Butterworth-Heinemann ; Open University, 1998.
Edition:2nd ed. /
Series:Open University Oceanography.
Subjects:
Submarine geology.
Paleoceanography.
Paléo-océanographie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Oceanography.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Oceans & Seas.
Paleoceanography
Submarine geology
Geologia marinha.
CONTINENTAL SHELVES.
OCEAN BOTTOM.
OCEANOGRAPHY.
STRUCTURAL BASINS.
OCEANS.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTS.
Electronic books.
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is an invaluable textbook, prepared by the Open University team and designed so that it can be read on its own or as part of the OU course. This second edition has been fully revised and updated including new colour illustrations increasing the striking spread of full colour diagrams throughout the book. The clarity of the text has been improved, providing comprehensive coverage of the evolution of ocean basins and their structure in a clear, concise manner aimed specifically at the student market. In this second edition the technological advances in fields as diverse as:. - deep-towed in.
Item Description:"Designed so that it can be read on its own or studied as part of the Open University third-level course, S330 Oceanography"--Page 4 of cover
On p. facing title page: "Oceanography Course Team."
1st ed., 1989: prepared by an Open University course team [authors, Joan Brown and others].
Physical Description:1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 161) and index.
ISBN:9780080537931
0080537936
1281077267
9781281077264
9786611077266
661107726X