Descriptive physical oceanography : an introduction /
Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction, Fourth Enlarged Edition considers the synoptic or descriptive aspects of physical oceanography with considerable illustrative materials and some 45 additional figures. This book is divided into nine chapters, and begins with an introduction to the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1982.
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| Edition: | 4th enl. ed. (in SI units). |
| Series: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction, Fourth Enlarged Edition considers the synoptic or descriptive aspects of physical oceanography with considerable illustrative materials and some 45 additional figures. This book is divided into nine chapters, and begins with an introduction to the basic goal of physical oceanographic study. The next chapters describe the features of the ocean basins, physical properties of seawater, and the ocean's distribution of water characteristics. These topics are followed by discussions of the conservation of seawater volume and salt; the techniques a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 249 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| 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 (pages 233-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080262796 0080262791 9781483278773 1483278778 |