Oceanography category: 437 books
The Gulf Stream
Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Coursing through the Atlantic Ocean is a powerful current with a force 300 times that of the mighty Amazon. Ulanski explores the fascinating science and history of this sea highway known as the Gulf Stream, a watery wilderness that stretches from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic. Spanning both...
The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf
Environmental Change and Life's Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The Biogeography of the Australian North West Shelf provides the first assembly of existing information of the North West Shelf in terms of geological, oceanographic and climatological history and current understanding of such issues as biodiversity, connectivity, larval dispersal and speciation in...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
Although international scientific cooperation - particularly in meteorology - was established previous to the first International Polar Year, the IPY-1 (1882-83) is considered to be the first revolutionary step towards an extensive international cooperation in the polar areas for the benefit of science...
Sea Floor Exploration
Scientific Adventures Diving into the Abyss
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
The author participated in 38 sea going expeditions including the first manned-submersible project to explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the past 45 years of sea floor exploration. It summarizes the mineralogical and petrological composition of sea floor...
by Peter Knight
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book offers a comprehensive and detailed summary of our knowledge and understanding of glaciers and sets them within a global environment context. The text explains the significance both of recent advances in glaciology, and of teh many research problms that remain to be solved.
The accessible...
Drift, Deformation, and Fracture of Sea Ice
A Perspective Across Scales
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Sea ice is a major component of polar environments, especially in the Arctic where it covers the entire Arctic Ocean throughout most of the year. However, in the context of climate change, the Arctic sea ice cover has been declining significantly over the last decades, either in terms of its concentration...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards provides a valuable new insight into how climate change is able to influence, modulate and trigger geological and geomorphological phenomena, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and landslides; ultimately increasing the risk of natural hazards in...
by Jochen Hoefs
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Stable Isotope Geochemistry is an introduction to the use of stable isotopes in the geosciences. For students and scientists alike the book will be a primary source of information with regard to how and where stable isotopes can be used to solve geological problems. It is subdivided into three parts:...
Performance and Blank Components of a Mass Spectrometric System for Routine Measurement of Helium Isotopes and Tritium by the 3He Ingrowth Method
Vorgelegt in der Sitzung vom 1. Juli 1989 von Otto Haxel
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For future studies of oceanic circulation it is necessary to develop the tritium measurement via 3He ingrowth into a routine procedure with a high capacity for efficient use. This paper attempts to demonstrate that this can be achieved using a commercial helium isotope mass spectrometer and special...
Sustainable Development of Sea-Corridors and Coastal Waters
The TEN ECOPORT project in South East Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Edited in collaboration with TEN ECOPORT project, this volume contains the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on ‘Sustainable Development of the Sea-corridors and Coastal Waters’. The book highlights the advances of environmental pollution management on ports and coastal zones. Particular...
Geological Evolution of the Mediterranean Basin
Raimondo Selli Commemorative Volume
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The Mediterranean Sea, nestled between Africa, southern Europe, and the Middle East, may be envisioned as a complex picture-puzzle comprising numerous intricate pieces, many of which are already in place. A general image, in terms of science, has emerged, although at this time large gaps are noted...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Coastal Ocean Observing Systems provides state-of-the-art scientific and technological knowledge in coastal ocean observing systems, along with guidance on establishing, restructuring, and improving similar systems. The book is intended to help oceanographers understand, identify, and recognize how...
Atlantic Water in the Nordic Seas
Properties, Variability, Climatic Importance
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
The book presents a wide description of hydrographic conditions in the studied area of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas. Variability of the Atlantic Water properties have been presented on the basis of time series obtained from oceanographic measurements performed each summer from 2000 to 2007 by...
Marine Ecological Geography
Theory and Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
In Chapter 1 the methodological principles of systemization and visualization of multidimensional ecological information for its operational dissemination among potential users are stated. Their realization results in creation of the geographic-and ecologic model of marine basin as an information...