Thurman, Harold V. creator text 5 Columbus Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company 1985 4th monographic vii, 503 p.: col. ill. Provides a treatment of oceanography for introductory course for both non-majors and majors. This book provides coverage of phenomena or marine science programs. 1. History of Oceanography 2. The Origin of Earth, Its Oceans, and Life in the Oceans 3. Global Plate Tectonics 4. Marine Provinces 5. Marine Sediments 6. Properties of Water 7. Air-Sea Interaction 8. Ocean Circulation 9. Waves 10. Tides 11. The Shore 12. The Coastal Waters and Marginal Seas 13. The Marine Environment 14. Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer 15. Animals of the Pelagic Environment 16. Animals of the Benthic Environment 17. Exploitation of Marine Resources 18. Marine Pollution App. I. Scientific Notation App. II. Latitude and Longitude Determination App. III. Taxonomic Classification of Common Marine Organisms App. IV. Calculations Relative to Source of Ocean Water App. V. Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes. Oceanography Geology of the coastal regions Life in the open ocean 551.46 THU 0675203759 200103