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Author : Kent A. Fanning
Publisher : Great Source Education Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Dynamic Environment of the Ocean Floor written by Kent A. Fanning and published by Great Source Education Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kent A. Fanning
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : Kent A. Fanning
Publisher : Great Source Education Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 522 pages
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Download or read book The Dynamic Environment of the Ocean Floor written by Kent A. Fanning and published by Great Source Education Group. This book was released on 1982 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dorrik Stow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191024295
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book Oceans: A Very Short Introduction written by Dorrik Stow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet's surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago and remained there for the great majority of that time. Today the seas still provide 99% of habitable living space, the largest repository of biomass, and holds the greatest number of undiscovered species on the planet. Our oceans are vital for the regulation of climate, and with global warming and decreasing land area, they have become increasingly important as the source of food, energy in the form of oil and gas, and for their mineral wealth. Oceans also form a key part of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements critical to life. Nutrients in upwelling areas are spread by ocean currents, and the plankton of the seas supports a wealth of wildlife. In this Very Short Introduction Dorrik Stow analyses these most important components of our blue planet and considers their relationship with, and exploitation by, humans. He shows how the oceans are an essential resource to our overpopulated world, and discusses why exploration and greater scientific understanding of the oceans, their chemistry, and their mineral wealth are now a high priority. Stow also explores what we know of how oceans originate, and evolve and change; the shape of the seafloor and nature of its cover; the physical processes that stir the waters and mix such a rich chemical broth; and the inseparable link between oceans and climate. As polar ice melts and sea-levels rise, countless millions who have made their homes on low-lying lands close to the sea are threatened. As scientific exploration of the seas gathers pace, the new knowledge gained of the ocean-Earth systems and their interaction with the human environment is vital to our understanding of how we can preserve these ultimately fragile environments. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309366917
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Sea Change written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines - physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming the ability of scientists to study the global ocean with a more integrated and dynamic approach. This enhanced understanding of the ocean is becoming ever more important in an economically and geopolitically connected world, and contributes vital information to policy and decision makers charged with addressing societal interests in the ocean. Science provides the knowledge necessary to realize the benefits and manage the risks of the ocean. Comprehensive understanding of the global ocean is fundamental to forecasting and managing risks from severe storms, adapting to the impacts of climate change, and managing ocean resources. In the United States, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is the primary funder of the basic research which underlies advances in our understanding of the ocean. Sea Change addresses the strategic investments necessary at NSF to ensure a robust ocean scientific enterprise over the next decade. This survey provides guidance from the ocean sciences community on research and facilities priorities for the coming decade and makes recommendations for funding priorities.
Author : Arthur E. Maxwell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674017313
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sea, Volume 4A: New Concepts of Sea Floor Evolution written by Arthur E. Maxwell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Emelyan M. Emelyanov
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 354026230X
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Barrier Zones in the Ocean written by Emelyan M. Emelyanov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-06 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geochemical barrier zones play an important role in determining various physical systems and characteristics of the oceans, e.g. hydrodynamics, salinity, temperature and light. In this book, each of the 40 barrier zones covered are illustrated and defined by physical-chemical parameters. Among the topics discussed are the processes of inflow, transformation and precipitation of the sedimentary layer of the open oceans and more restricted areas such as the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. This well-illustrated book may serve as the basis for courses such as "Marine Geochemistry" or "Ocean Usage" and can be useful to researchers in the fields of geology, geography, marine chemistry, geoecology and hydrochemistry.
Author : G.T. Rowe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401124523
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Deep-Sea Food Chains and the Global Carbon Cycle written by G.T. Rowe and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carbon dioxide and other `greenhouse' gases are increasing in the atmosphere due to the burning of fossil fuels, the destruction of rain forests, etc., leading to predictions of a gradual global warming which will perturb the global biosphere. An important process which counters this trend toward potential climate change is the removal of carbon dioxide from the surface ocean by photosynthesis. This process packages carbon in phytoplankton which enter the food chain or sink into the deep sea. Their ultimate fate is a `rain' of organic debris out of the surface-mixed layer of the ocean. On a global scale, the mechanisms and overall rate of this process are poorly known. The authors of the 25 papers in this volume present their state-of-the-art approaches to quantifying the mechanisms by which the `rain' of biogenic debris nourishes deep ocean life. Prominent deep sea ecologists, geochemists and modelers address relationships between data and models of carbon fluxes and food chains in the deep ocean. An attempt is made to estimate the fate of carbon in the deep sea on a global scale by summing up the utilization of organic matter among all the populations of the abyssal biosphere. Comparisons are made between these ecological approaches and estimates of geochemical fluxes based on sediment trapping, one-dimensional geochemical models and horizontal (physical) input from continental margins. Planning interdisciplinary enterprises between geochemists and ecologists, including new field programs, are summarized in the final chapter. The summary includes a list of the important gaps in understanding which must be addressed before the role of the deep-sea biota in global-scale processes can be put in perspective.
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Publisher : I. K. International Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Textbook of Environmental Microbiology written by and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rainer Zahn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642787371
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Download or read book Carbon Cycling in the Glacial Ocean: Constraints on the Ocean’s Role in Global Change written by Rainer Zahn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive progress report on the multi-disciplinary field of ocean and climate change research is given. It compiles introductory background papers and leading scientific results on the ocean-atmosphere carbon cycle with emphasis on the ocean's carbon inventory and the various components involved. The relationship between plankton productivity, carbon fixation, oceanic PCO2 and climate change is investigated from the viewpoint of long-term climatic change during the late Quaternary cycles of ice ages and warm ages. The various approaches range from micropaleontology over organic and trace element geochemistry to molecular isotope geochemistry.
