"Essentials of Oceanography" by Alan P. Trujillo, Harold V. Thurman (Repost)

This book presents in-depth discussions of oceanographic concepts and demystify the science even for non-science students. Scientific information from geology, chemistry, physics, and biology combine to illustrate how each of these disciplines relates to the ocean.

Systems approach highlights the relationship between oceanographic phenomena and how those phenomena affect other Earth systems.

Brief Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Introduction to Planet Earth
2 Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
3 Marine Provinces
4 Marine Sediments
5 Water and Seawater
6 Air Sea Interaction
7 Ocean Circulation
8 Waves and Water Dynamics
9 Tides
10 The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes
11 The Coastal Ocean
12 Marine Life and the Marine Environment
13 Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer
14 Animals of the Pelagic Environment
15 Animals of the Benthic Environment
16 The Oceans and Climate Change
Afterword
Appendix I: Metric and English Units Compared
Appendix II: Geographic Locations
Appendix III: Latitude and Longitude on Earth
Appendix IV: A Chemical Background: Why Water Has 2 H's and 1 O
Appendix V: Careers in Oceanography
Glossary
Credits and Acknowledgments
Index

www.dfiles.eu/files/4fq7kohw2