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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of table; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1: The historical context; 1: The Challenger Expedition: the end of an era or a new beginning?; 2: 'Big science' in Victorian Britain: the Challenger Expedition (1872-6) and its Report (1881-95); 3: Oceanographic sovereigns: Prince Albert I of Monaco and King Carlos I of Portugal; 4: Expedition to investigation: the work of the Discovery Committee; PART 2: Ocean basins; Introduction: the exploration of the sea floor |
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5: Shape as a key to understanding the geology of the oceans6: Silent, strong and deep: the mystery of how basins fill; 7: Palaeoceanography: tapping the ocean's long-term memory; 8: Hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridges; PART 3: Ocean circulation; Introduction: ocean circulation; 9: Polar dreams and California sardines: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and the study of ocean circulation prior to World War II; 10: Direct measurement of subsurface ocean currents: a success story; 11: Oceanography from space: past success, future challenge |
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12: Transient tracers and tracer release experiments: new tools for the oceanographerPART 4: The ocean ecosystem; Introduction; 13: 'Problem children of analytical chemistry': elucidating the seasonal cycle of marine plankton production through nutrient analysis; 14: Why is the sea salty? -- What controls the composition of ocean water?; 15: Deep-sea biology in the 1990s: a legacy of the Challenger Expedition; 16: The Challenger legacy: the next twenty years; Postscript: the Challenger Expedition on postage stamps; Index |
| Summary |
"Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS Challenger a century ago. The whole book draws inspiration from the seminal contribution made by the research conducted on those voyages, and each contributor considers the significance of the findings, relating them to the exciting developments of today and tomorrow. Covering the whole spectrum of the marine sciences, the book has been written and edited very much with the non-specialist reader in mind. Marine scientists, whether students or researchers, will welcome this authoritative sweep through the history of their subject through to the present day; other scientists will find the book to be an accessible and informative introduction to marine science and its historical roots."--Provided by publisher |
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Marine sciences.
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Aquatic sciences.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Aquatic sciences.
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Marine sciences.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Deacon, Margaret, editor
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Rice, Tony, editor
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Summerhayes, Colin, editor
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| ISBN |
9781482287004 |
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1482287005 |
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9781420022674 |
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1420022679 |
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