Table of Contents Table of Contents
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Brief Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The History of Oceanography 1
Chapter 2 The Water Planet 26
Chapter 3 Plate Tectonics 50
Chapter 4 The Sea Floor and Its Sediments 90
Chapter 5 The Physical Properties of Water 124
Chapter 6 The Chemistry of Seawater 148
Chapter 7 The Structure and Motion of the Atmosphere 167
Chapter 8 Circulation and Ocean Structure 200
Chapter 9 The Surface Currents 218
Chapter 10 The Waves 239
Chapter 11 The Tides 270
Chapter 12 Coasts, Beaches, and Estuaries 288
Chapter 13 Environmental Issues and Concerns 319
Chapter 14 The Living Ocean 343
Chapter 15 Production and Life 359
Chapter 16 The Plankton: Drifters of the Sea 377
Chapter 17 The Nekton: Free Swimmers of the Sea 401
Chapter 18 The Benthos: Dwellers of the Sea Floor 431
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