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  • González, F. I., 1999. Tsunami! Scientific American, vol. 280, no. 5, May, pp. 56-65. Detailed explanations of how tsunamis form and behave, and a review of their worldwide impacts.

    Since publication of your Marine Biology text, this article has been archived by Scientific American, and is available from them online for a fee. You may access it by going to their archives at: https://www.sciamarchive.com/html/ppv_frames.asp and searching by author or title.

  • Krajik, K., 2001. Message in a bottle. Smithsonian, vol. 32, no. 4, July, pp. 36-47. An oceanographer studies ocean currents by tracking the paths taken by rubber duckies, tennis shoes, and other floating objects.
    http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/jul01/beachcombing.html

  • Kunzig, R., 1996. In deep water. Discover, vol. 17, no. 12, December, pp. 86-96. An interesting account of ocean circulation, its link to climate, and the scientists that are unraveling this mystery.
    http://208.245.156.153/archive/output.cfm?ID=935

  • Kunzig, R., 2001. The physics of . . . deep-sea animals: They love the pressure. Discover, vol. 22, no. 8, August, pp. 26-27. Deep-sea organisms feel the squeeze under the pressure of the deep sea.
    http://www.discover.com/aug_01/featphysics.html






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