Investigating Seafloors and Oceans - From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid (Paperback)

Investigating Seafloors and Oceans: From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid offers a bottom-to-top tour of the world's oceans, exposing the secrets hidden therein from a variety of scientific perspectives. Opening with a discussion of the earth's formation, hot spots, ridges, plate tectonics, submarine trenches, and cold seeps, the text goes on to address such topics as the role of oceans in the origin of life, tidal bore, thermal effects, ecosystem services, marine creatures, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical resources. This unique reference provides insight into a wide array of questions that researchers continue to ask about the vast study of oceans and the seafloor. It is a one-of-a-kind examination of oceans that offers important perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and academics in all marine-related fields.

General

Imprint:	Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2016
Authors:	Antony Joseph
Dimensions:	235 x 191 x 33mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	612
ISBN-13:	978-0-12-809357-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > Oceanography (seas)
LSN:	0-12-809357-9
Barcode:	9780128093573

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