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Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes
The volumes in this series are all presented in the same style and format, and together provide a comprehensive introduction to marine science. Ocean Basins deals with structure and formation of oceanic crust, hydrothermal circulation, and factors affecting sea-level. Seawater considers the seawater solution and leads naturally into Ocean Circulation, which is the 'core'of the series. It provides a largely non-mathematical treatment of ocean-atmosphere interaction and the dynamics of wind-driven surface current systems, and of density-driven circulation in the deep oceans. Wave, Tides and Shallow Water Processes introduces the physical processes which control water movement and sediment transport in the nearshore enviroment. Ocean Chemistry and Deep-Sea Sediments is concerned with biogeochemical cycling of elements within the seawater solution and with water-sediment interaction at the ocean floor. Case studies in Oceanography and Marine Affairs examines the effect of human intervention in the marine enviroment and introduces the essential of law of the sea. The two case studies respectively review marine affairs in the arctic from an historical standpoint, and outline the causes and effects of the tropical climatic phenomenon known as El Nino.
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