Oceanography (seas and oceans)

Over 60% of the Earth's surface is covered with deep marine sediments, however, until the early 1980s, no comprehensive text books appeared to support the rapid expansion in the study of these sediments.

This book which is the outcome of a NATO-Advanced Study Institute on Mod- elling the Ocean Circulation and Geochemical Tracer Transport is concerned with using models to infer the ocean circulation.

A NATO Advanced Study Institute, "e;Late Quaternary Sea-level Correlation and Applications"e;, was held together with the Final Meeting of IGCP Project 200 in Halifax, Canada, 19-30 July 1987.

Suppose one were given the task of mapping the general circulation in an unfamiliar ocean.

Shallow Gas determination, prior to drilling, is carried out using 'Engineering Seismic' survey methods.

During the Conference on Air-Sea Interaction in January 1986, it was suggested to me by David Larner of Reidel Press that it may be timely for an updated compendium of air-sea interaction theory to be organized, developed, and published.

This collection of papers originates from a meeting are in current use on board UK research vessels.

The power of microwave remote sensing for studying the oceans of the world was demonstrated conclusively by the SEASAT mission in 1978.

In December 1994 Professor Enok Palm celebrated his 70th birthday and retired after more than forty years of service at the University of Oslo.

This book deals with recent advances in our understanding and prediction of tropical cyclogenesis, intensification and movement as well as landfall processes like heavy rainfall, gale wind and storm surge based on the latest observational and numerical weather prediction (NWP) modeling platforms.

The rationale for publishing a second edition of this monograph is that this area of research continues to show remarkable advancement.

This book critically reexamines what turbulence really is, from a fundamental point of view and based on observations from nature, laboratories, and direct numerical simulations.

Tsunamis are primarily caused by earthquakes.

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

Sea ice is a major component of polar environments, especially in the Arctic where it covers the entire Arctic Ocean throughout most of the year.

This book brings together a representative set of Earth System Science (ESS) applications of the neural network (NN) technique.

Jellyfish generally are considered to be nuisances because they interfere with human activities by stinging swimmers, clogging power plant intakes and nets of fishermen, killing fish in aquaculture pens, and being both predators and competitors of fish.

This seminal book results from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop at the University of Cambridge with Russian co-directorship, enabling the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia about security issues in the Arctic Ocean.

Large-scale winds and currents tend to balance Coriolis and pressure gradient forces.

Coral Reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to Climatic Extremes is a complete review and reference for scientists, engineers and students concerned with the geology, biology or engineering aspects of coral reefs in the Middle East.

At the coast all is not what it seems.

Submarine mass movements represent major offshore geohazards due to their destructive and tsunami-generation potential.

Reef fish spawning aggregations, ranging from small groups to many tens of thousands of individuals, are spectacular but poorly known natural phenomena whereby fish assemble at specific times and locations to spawn.

There are incentive indications that the growth of human population, the increasing use and abuse of natural resources combined with climate changes (probably due to anthropic pollution, to some extent) exert a considerable stress on closed (or semi-enclosed) seas and lakes.

Far away shores, exotic islands or adventurous sea voyages - coasts are the destination of dreams for millions of people around the globe.

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Over the past decade the significant advances in real-time ocean observing systems, ocean modelling, ocean data assimilation and super-computing has seen the development and implementation of operational ocean forecast systems of the global ocean.

The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth.

Water is the most sought resource for human use.

In the marine environment, single-celled, microscopic, plant-like organisms naturally occur in the well-lit surface layer of any body of water.

The Volume Contains Papers Presented At The International Symposium On Phycology Ogranized As Part Of Prof.

This publication provides an overview of the "e;blue economy"e; and emphasizes its significance for protecting the biodiversity of natural resources in Southeast Asia.

The Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion (SSME), as the apex of the Coral Triangle, is considered the center of the center of marine biodiversity where the highest number of colorful reef and marine fishes, various sizes of corals and shells, myriad shapes of algae, and protective mangrove forests are found.

Oceans and the Atmospheric Carbon Content, presents an interdisciplinary overview of the role of the oceans as a carbon sink and its relation with pH increasing trends and climate change.

Presented in an accessible, user-friendly format, this atlas sets out all the major features revealed during one of the largest ever deep-sea mapping campaigns.

This book is dedicated to the study of structure and transport of deep and bottom waters above and through underwater channels of the Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricanes are nature's most destructive agents.

Accretionary prisms in convergent margins are natural laboratories for exploring initial orogenic processes and mountain building episodes.

To all those sailors / Who dreamed before us / Of another way to sail the oceans.

Based on the material presented at a conference organized by the Centre d'Oceanologie of Marseille, held in 2008, this text covers a wealth of hot topics related to the way mankind interacts with the marine environment.

Oceanic Migration studies the prehistoric peopling of the Pacific.

"e;Handbook of Marine Natural Products"e; takes a fresh approach to describing the major themes of research in this rapidly developing field.

Recent global events such as the devastating 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, the 2004 Sumatran tsunami and the 2006 SE Asia undersea network cable failure underscore the societal and economic effects of submarine mass movements.

Originally published in Russian in 2006, this is the first English translation of this important book on paleoceanography and paleoclimatology.

The era of the exploration of the World Ocean is not yet over: some areas still lack an adequate number of observations.

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation.

This new book, as described in the Preface, presents a collection of contributions by several participants of the First National Congress of Marine Sciences organ- ized by the CoNISMa.

Quin es el secret molecular de l'aroma del mar?

Hogar de una inabarcable variedad de seres vivos, desde las majestuosas ballenas hasta los incontables microorganismos que viven en cada gota de mar, los océanos, masas de agua que han fascinado y atemorizado a los seres humanos desde siempre, y del que aprendimos a obtener alimentos que forman parte de nuestra dieta, siguen siendo un mundo abierto a la exploración que guarda muchos misterios.

The main focus of this book entitled is to provide an up-to-date coverage of marine sponges and their significance in the current era.