TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Peter Townsend
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Mysterious Ocean: Physical Processes and Geological Evolution 
SN  - 9783030156329
AV  - QE1-996.5 
U1  - 550 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Earth
KW  - Geology
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Marine sciences
KW  - Freshwater
KW  - Coasts
KW  - Geophysics
KW  - Popular Earth Science
KW  - Climate Change
KW  - Marine & Freshwater Sciences
KW  - Coastal Sciences
KW  - Geophysics and Environmental Physics
N1  - Chapter1. The ocean begins -- Chapter2. Oceans created - oceans destroyed -- Chapter3. Where did continents come from? -- Chapter4. How deep is the ocean? -- Chapter5. The ocean in motion ! -- Chapter6. The lungs of the ocean -- Chapter7. Frozen ocean - ice ages and climate change -- Chapter8. The continental shelf -- Chapter9. The face of the deep -- Chapter10. An ocean of mysteries
N2  - This book provides an introduction to ocean sciences that is engaging, evocative and accessible to non-experts interested in marine geoscience, while sparking readers' interest in important unsolved mysteries in marine science. The scope of the book is quite broad, but focuses on the physical ocean and its geological evolution, including the author's experiences working as an oceanographer over the last thirty years. Across ten chapters, the book traces the origins of the ocean from its formation 4 billion years ago, reviews the discoveries of the theory of plate tectonics, the ice ages and the great ocean conveyor, and discusses seafloor features (canyons, seamounts, trenches, abyssal plains, etc.), how they formed and their current environmental issues. The book concludes with a prognosis for the future ocean we might expect with global climate change and other human impacts.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15632-9
ER  -