Oceanography category: 437 books
Deep Earth
Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Deep Earth: Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core highlights recent advances and the latest views of the deep Earth from theoretical, experimental, and observational approaches and offers insight into future research directions on the deep Earth. In recent years, we have just reached...
by Jørgen Fredsøe, Rolf Deigaard
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 1992
This book treats the subject of sediment transport in the marine environment, covering transport of noncohesive sediment by waves and currents in- and outside the surf zone. It can be read independently, but a background in hydraulics and basic wave mechanics is required.
The primary aim of...
by Abhijit Mitra, Sufia Zaman
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
The ever increasing emission of carbon dioxide due to rapid industrialization, urbanization, unplanned tourism and alteration of land use pattern is causing unprecedented changes to marine biodiversity. Irrespective of political philosophy, nation, caste, sex and religion, mankind is under the appalling...
Earth’s Rotation from Eons to Days
Proceedings of a Workshop Held at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) of the University of Bielefeld, FRG. September 26–30, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Earth's Rotation from Eons to Days reviews long-term changes, methods of measurement, and the major influences on rotation parameters. In order to understand secular changes, the momentary behavior of ocean tides must be analyzed and appropriately modelled. Researchers and students in astronomy and...
Sea Ice Analysis and Forecasting
Towards an Increased Reliance on Automated Prediction Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book provides an advanced introduction to the science behind automated prediction systems, focusing on sea ice analysis and forecasting. Starting from basic principles, fundamental concepts in sea ice physics, remote sensing, numerical methods, and statistics are explained at an accessible level....
International Conference on Isotopes and Environmental Studies
Aquatic Forum 2004, 25-29 October, Monaco
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2006
The contents of the book are assembled from selected papers presented during the International Conference on Isotopes in Environmental Studies – AQUATIC FORUM 2004 convened in Monaco from 25 to 29 October 2004, which was the most important gathering of the year of isotope environmental scientists....
by Abhijit Mitra, Sufia Zaman
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The book presents recent research on marine ecology in different parts of the world. It aims to shed light on relevant topics for budding marine ecologists.
The “blue soup” of Planet Earth, which comprises both biotic and abiotic components, is essential to keeping the wheel of civilization...
Climate Atlas of the Atlantic Ocean
Derived from the Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (COADS)
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The presented climate atlas follows with regard to structure and vol ume the Bunker Climate Atlas of the North Atlantic Ocean published 1985 by H.-J. Isemer and L. Hasse, which has become a standard work for the climate study community. A new edition was appropriate, since during the last decade...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes. The sustainable development of living and non-living marine resources, the protection of the marine environment and the provision of marine-based services are critical to economic...
ROV ’86: Remotely Operated Vehicles
Technology Requirements—Present and Future Proceedings of the ROV ’86 Conference organized by the Marine Technology Society, the Society for Underwater Technology and the Association of Offshore Diving Contractors and held in Aberdeen, UK,24—26 June
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There is now an awareness within the industry, particularly as oil companies direct considerable resources towards developing diverless production systems, that a fully integrated approach to equipment design and intervention is necessary to achieve an acceptable system. The requirement for an integrated...
by Patrick Prouzet
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Complexity is an intrinsic property of natural systems. In the oceanic system, it is linked to many interactions with the atmosphere, geosphere and biosphere with which it exchanges energy and matter.
Complexity of the ocean system has, at different spatial and temporal scales, hydrodynamic...
by Towhida Rashid
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
This Brief deals with the reconstruction of Holocene paleoenvironment in the central part of Bangladesh in relation to relative sea-level (RSL) changes which is 200 km north from the present coastline. Lithofacies characteristics, mangal peat, diatom and paleophysiographical evidences were considered...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Sequence stratigraphy has advanced considerably since the early applications of the concepts on seismic data. It attempts to discern the migration of facies re sulting from changes in a combination of factors such as, sea level, tectonics, climate and sediment flux, and integrates it with a meaningful...
Upwelling Systems of the World
A Scientific Journey to the Most Productive Marine Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2016
Upwelling systems are special places in the oceans where nutrient-enriched water is brought into the euphotic zone to fuel phytoplankton blooms that, via marine food-web interactions, create the world’s richest fish resources. This book introduces the reader to the interdisciplinary science of upwelling...