Oceanography (seas and oceans)

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.

The book presents recent research on marine ecology in different parts of the world.

This book attempts to provide readers with an overall idea of various types of offshore platform geometries.

This book compiles the latest findings in the field of marine and brackishwater aquaculture.

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.

The book is a thoughtful discussion with scientists studying convergent plate boundaries such as the well-known, active India-Eurasia collision zone.

The earth where we live is the only planet of our solar system that holds a mass of water we know as the ocean, covering 70.

This book consists of the articles from thespecial issue of Hot Spots in the Climate System in the Journal of Oceanography,Vol.

Thisbook focuses on the recent results of the research project funded by aGrant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) of the Japan Society for the Promotionof Science (No.

This comprehensive book provides a unique overview of advances in the biology and ecology of marine protists.

The Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Hindu Kush-Himalayas form a trio of terrains sometimes called "e;the three poles"e;.

This book consists of the articles from the special issue of "e;New developments in mode-water research: Dynamic and climatic effects"e; in the Journal of Oceanography, Vol.

So kommt das Salz ins Meer und andere meerkwürdige Geschichten Die Meere bedecken drei Viertel der Oberfläche unseres Planeten.

Gullivers Reisen Jonathan Swift - Jonathan Swifts 'Gullivers Reisen' gilt vielen Lesern noch immer als Kinderbuch zahllose speziell gekürzte Ausgaben haben diesen falschen Eindruck noch befördert.

Typhoon - Joseph Conrad - "e;Typhoon and Other Stories"e; is a collection of four shorter works by Joseph Conrad.

Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review remains one of the most cited sources in marine science and oceanography.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARITIME FOUNDATION AWARD FOR BEST BOOK 2024A fascinating and original look at how the sea has defined Britain - and decided the course of its history - for thousands of years.

The ocean characterises planet Earth and differentiates it from the more than 5000 known planets.

This book presents short papers of participants of the 9th International Scientific Conference-School for Young Scientists Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes.

Understanding, modeling and prediction of mesoscale processes in the atmosphere, ocean and environmental systems, have gained importance in the last decade or so.

Tsunamis like the Indian Ocean tsunami caused by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004 or the Chilean earthquake in the Pacific Ocean in 1960 motivate international collaborations for the development of tsunami warning systems.

In recent years, large earthquakes in the circum-Pacific region have repeatedly demonstrated its particular vulnerability to this potentially devastating natural hazard, including the M ~ 9.

The book presents short papers of participants of the 10th International Scientific Conference and School for Young Scientists Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Earth and Environment Processes.

Der bekannte Umweltforscher und Schweizer Wissenschaftspolitiker Dieter Imboden spürt anhand seiner Lebensgeschichte Themen der menschlichen Existenz nach.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Global positioning systems like GPS or the future European Galileo are influencing the world of navigation tremendously.

Die Geschichte von Rungholt, der einst wohlhabenden Handelsmetropole, die in den Fluten der Nordsee verschwand, fasziniert seit Jahrhunderten.

This book systematically introduces the petroleum geological characteristics and exploration theory of marine strata in China.

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the theory of equatorially-confined waves and currents in the ocean.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The Advanced Study Courses in the field of Marine Science and Technology were part of the training programme developed from 1989 until 1999 within MAST, the Marine Science and Technology Programme of the European Union.

Man's understanding of how this planet is put together and how it evolved has changed radically during the last 30 years.