The Oceans Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology
  Preface
  Contents

  I. Introduction
 expand sectionII. The Earth and the Ocean Basins
 expand sectionIII. Physical Properties of Sea Water
 expand sectionIV. General Distribution of Temperature, Salinity, and Density
 expand sectionV. Theory of Distribution of Variables in the Sea
 expand sectionVI. Chemistry of Sea Water
 expand sectionVII. Organisms and the Composition of Sea Water
 expand sectionVIII. The Sea as a Biological Environment
 expand sectionIX. Populations of the Sea
 expand sectionX. Observations and Collections at Sea
  XI. General Character of Ocean Currents
 expand sectionXII. Statics and Kinematics
 expand sectionXIII. Dynamics of Ocean Currents
 expand sectionXIV. Waves and Tides
 expand sectionXV. The Water Masses and Currents of the Oceans
 expand sectionXVI. Phytoplankton in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment
 expand sectionXVII. Animals in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment
 expand sectionXVIII. Interrelations of Marine Organisms
 expand sectionXIX. Organic Production in the Sea
 collapse sectionXX. Marine Sedimentation
 •INTRODUCTION
 •CONSTITUENTS OF MARINE SEDIMENTS
 collapse sectionTRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTARY DEBRIS
 •Transportation of Sediment to the Sea
 •Transportation of Sediment in the Sea
 •MASS PROPERTIES OF MARINE SEDIMENTS
 •CLASSIFICATION OF RECENT MARINE SEDIMENTS
 •DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC SEDIMENTS
 •MASS PROPERTIES OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS
 •THE ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION
 expand sectionCALCIUM CARBONATE
 expand sectionORGANIC MATTER
 •SHALLOW-WATER AND NEARSHORE SEDIMENTS
 •ELEMENTS CONCENTRATED ON THE SEA BOTTOM AND AUTHIGENIC MINERALS
 •RATES OF SEDIMENTATION
 •SUMMARY OF FACTORS DETERMINING CHARACTER OF MARINE SEDIMENTS
 •Bibliography

 expand sectionTables for Computing Geopotential Distances between Isobaric Surfaces
 expand sectionSubject Index
 expand sectionIndex of Names
  Fold-outs
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