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
 expand sectionTRANSPORTATION OF SEDIMENTARY DEBRIS
 MASS PROPERTIES OF MARINE SEDIMENTS
 CLASSIFICATION OF RECENT MARINE SEDIMENTS
 DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC SEDIMENTS
 MASS PROPERTIES OF DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS
 THE ENVIRONMENT OF DEPOSITION
 collapse sectionCALCIUM CARBONATE
 Factors Which Determine Accumulation and Deposition of Calcareous Material
 The Distribution of Calcium 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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