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UNINA9910808490303321 |
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Titolo |
Seawater : its composition, properties, and behaviour / / prepared by an Open University Course Team |
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Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Pergamon Press, in association with the Open University, 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-03445-2 |
9786611034450 |
0-08-054081-3 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed. / rev. for the course team by John Wright and Angela Colling.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (173 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Seawater - Composition |
Saline waters - Composition |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Prepared by the Oceanography Course Team. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; SEAWATER: ITS COMPOSITION, PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOUR; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ABOUT THIS VOLUME; ABOUT THIS SERIES; CHAPTER 1. WATER , AIR AND ICE; 1.1 THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF WATER; 1.2 THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; 1.3 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2. TEMPERATURE IN THE OCEANS; 2.1 SOLAR RADIATION; 2.2 DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE TEMPERATURES; 2.3 DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE WITH DEPTH; 2.4 ENERGY FROM THE THERMOCLINE - A BRIEF DIGRESSION; 2.5 TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND WATER MOVEMENT; 2.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3. SALINITY IN THE OCEANS; 3.1 CONSTANCY OF COMPOSITION |
3.2 VARIATIONS IN SALINITY 3.3 THE MEASUREMENT OF SALINITY; 3.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4. DENSITY AND PRESSURE IN THE OCEAN; 4.1 WATER MASSES; 4.2 DEPTH (PRESSURE), DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE; 4.3 T-S DIAGRAMS; 4.4 MIXING PROCESSES IN THE OCEANS; 4.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER4; CHAPTER 5. LIGHT AND SOUND IN SEAWATER; 5.1 UNDERWATER LIGHT; 5.2 UNDERWATER SOUND; 5.3 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6. THE SEAWATER SOLUTION; 6.1 THE GROSS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEAWATER; 6.2 SOURCES AND SINKS, OR WHY THE SEA IS SALT; 6.3 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL |
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