Oceanography
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Beach Processes and Nearshore Hydrodynamics of Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, IndiaThis book focuses on understanding the shoreline dynamics, nearshore processes and sediment transport around Rameswaram Island and the cities of Dhanushkodi and Arichamunai. Rameswaram Island is located between the Gulf of Mannar on the south and Palk Bay on the north, between the southern...
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Processes in Geomedia--Volume IVDetermination of cavities under the concrete slab anchoring the upper slopes of the Novosibirsk hydroe-lectric power station using standing waves.- Acoustic measurements on synthetic fractured samples made using FDM 3D printing technology.- Variational identification of the transport model parameters in the Azov Sea based...
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Spatial Analysis of Coastal EnvironmentsAt the convergence of the land and sea, coastal environments are some of the most dynamic and populated places on Earth. This book explains how the many varied forms of spatial analysis, including mapping, monitoring and modelling, can be applied to a range of...
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Southeast Alaska Current Atlas: From Grenville to Skagway, Second EditionThe charts in this atlas show scaled arrows marking current speeds and directions at each of the official stations at sequential hours. Use slack times and maximum current speeds at Wrangell Narrows from the NOAA Tidal Current Tables to select the appropriate chart for...
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Tsunami!: Second EditionOn April 1, 1946, shortly after sunrise, the town of Hilo on the island of Hawai'i was devastated by a series of giant waves. Traveling 2,300 miles from the Aleutian Islands in less than five hours, the waves struck without warning and claimed 159...
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Climate and the OceansThe oceans exert a vital moderating influence on the Earth's climate system. They provide inertia to the global climate, essentially acting as the pacemaker of climate variability and change, and they provide heat to high latitudes, keeping them habitable. Climate and the Oceans offers...
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Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle: Principles and MechanismsThis textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students presents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding ocean circulation and how it drives and controls marine biogeochemistry and biological productivity at a global scale. Background chapters on ocean physics, chemistry and biology provide students with the tools...
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Chemical Oceanography and the Marine Carbon CycleThe principles of chemical oceanography provide insight into the processes regulating the marine carbon cycle. The text offers a background in chemical oceanography and a description of how chemical elements in seawater and ocean sediments are used as tracers of physical, biological, chemical and...
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Waves in Oceanic and Coastal WatersWaves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters describes the observation, analysis and prediction of wind-generated waves in the open ocean, in shelf seas, and in coastal regions with islands, channels, tidal flats and inlets, estuaries, fjords and lagoons. Most of this richly illustrated book is...
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Frozen Earth: The Once and Future Story of Ice AgesIn this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciation--nearly three billion years ago--to the present. Following the development of scientific ideas about these dramatic...
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The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to OregonThe Fourth Edition of The Light and Smith Manual continues a sixty-five-year tradition of providing to both students and professionals an indispensable, comprehensive, and authoritative guide to Pacific coast marine invertebrates of coastal waters, rocky shores, sandy beaches, tidal mud flats, salt marshes, and...
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The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the OceanFrom New York Times bestselling author Susan Casey, an awe-inspiring portrait of the mysterious world beneath the waves, and the men and women who seek to uncover its secrets For all of human history, the deep ocean has been a source of wonder and...
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Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest: The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger and the Birth of Modern OceanographyA gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples,...
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Hot Carbon: Carbon-14 and a Revolution in ScienceThere are few fields of science that carbon-14 has not touched. A radioactive isotope of carbon, it stands out for its unusually long half-life. Best known for its application to estimating the age of artifacts--carbon dating--carbon-14 helped reveal new chronologies of human civilization and...
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Seasick: Ocean Change and the Extinction of Life on EarthWe have long lorded over the ocean. But only recently have we become aware of the myriad life-forms beneath its waves. We now know that this delicate ecosystem is our life-support system; it regulates the earth's temperatures and climate and comprises 99 percent of...
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Essentials of OceanographyNOTE: This loose-leaf, three-hole punched version of the textbook gives you the flexibility to take only what you need to class and add your own notes - all at an affordable price. For loose-leaf editions that include MyLab(TM) or Mastering(TM), several versions may exist...
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Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science"Ebbesmeyer's goal is noble and fresh: to show how the flow of ocean debris around the world reveals 'the music' of the world's oceans."--New York Times Book Review Through the fascinating stories of flotsam, one of the Earth's greatest secrets is revealed. In Flotsametrics...
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Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the TitanicFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer, a fascinating and rollicking plunge into the story of the world's most famous shipwreck, the RMS Titanic On a frigid April night in 1912, the world's largest--and soon most famous--ocean liner struck an iceberg and...
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The Sea Around UsOriginally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose catapulted her book to the top of The New York Times best-seller list,...
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Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean!Explore the deep blue as you've never known before with this children's encyclopedia perfect for a young explorer.Forming part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books, this bold and brilliant kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the world as you've never...
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