Oceanography (Seas)

Offering comprehensive content for the historical geology course, HISTORICAL GEOLOGY provides students with an understanding of the principles of h...

This Encyclopedia comprises the current knowledge in marine geosciences whereby not only basic but also applied and technical sciences are covered....

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The fundamental point of this book is that, in the past, the world's political, economic, military and social development took place during a ti...

The ocean is opaque to electromagnetic radiation and transparent to low frequency sound, so acoustical methodologies are an important tool for sens...

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of...

Long regarded as an empty and inhospitable environment, the deep ocean is rapidly emerging as an ecological hot spot with a remarkable diversity of...

In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and endlessly fascinating: full of mystery, danger, beaut...

Southern California is sandwiched between two tectonic plates with an ever-shifting boundary. Over the last several million years, movements of the...

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...

'Thrilling' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall'Authoritative and furious, urgent and persuasive' Sunday Times'Compelling ... Roberts is that precious pe...

Rich and strange from the tip of its title to its deep-sunk bones Robert Macfarlane From the author of Leviathan, or, The Whale, comes a ...

The Russian Arctic includes several great seas including the Barents, Kara, Laptev seas, East-Siberian Sea and Chukchi Sea. Arctic regions have a h...

The Encyclopedia of Estuaries, part of Springer''s Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series, provides a single, state-of-the-art, comprehensive refere...

Ready, set, sumo! Japan's centuries-old national sport is the main attraction in this one-of-a-kind game where creativity and competition collide. ...

Estuaries are of high socioeconomic importance with twenty-two of the thirty-two largest cities in the world located on river estuaries. Estuaries ...

One can argue that academia has always existed in an information age; however, as the general public gains access to ever more advanced systems, it...

In 1997 sixty-two containers fell off the cargo ship Tokio Express after it was hit by a rogue wave off the coast of Cornwall, including one contai...

This title is part of UC Press''s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press''s mission to seek out and cultivate th...

This title is part of UC Press''s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press''s mission to seek out and cultivate th...

This title is part of UC Press''s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press''s mission to seek out and cultivate th...

Antarctica is a magnificent display of interaction between air and the various phases of water in a pristine environment. This interaction has led ...

Discover the world's ocean--from tides and currents to the creatures living in it to the impact it has on our lives, whether we know it or not--in ...

Powerful and mysterious, sharks inspire both fascination and fear. Worldwide, oceans are home to some five-hundred species, and of those, fifty-six...

This lavishly illustrated book explores the concept of reef ecosystems and its characteristics. It provides a conceptual description of reefs and ...

Climate variability in different ocean basins can impact one another, for instance the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific Ocean has...

Julia Rothman's best-selling illustrated Anatomy series takes a deep dive into the wonders of the sea with Ocean Anatomy. Follow Rothman's inquisit...

This book discusses three major physical phenomena for active source seismology, namely underwater explosions, underground nuclear explosions, and ...