The Oceans Their Physics, Chemistry, and General Biology |
Preface |
Contents |
I. Introduction |
II. The Earth and the Ocean Basins |
III. Physical Properties of Sea Water |
IV. General Distribution of Temperature, Salinity, and Density |
V. Theory of Distribution of Variables in the Sea |
VI. Chemistry of Sea Water |
VII. Organisms and the Composition of Sea Water |
VIII. The Sea as a Biological Environment |
IX. Populations of the Sea |
X. Observations and Collections at Sea |
XI. General Character of Ocean Currents |
XII. Statics and Kinematics |
XIII. Dynamics of Ocean Currents |
XIV. Waves and Tides |
XV. The Water Masses and Currents of the Oceans |
XVI. Phytoplankton in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment |
XVII. Animals in Relation to Physical-Chemical Properties of the Environment |
XVIII. Interrelations of Marine Organisms |
XIX. Organic Production in the Sea |
XX. Marine Sedimentation |
• | INTRODUCTION |
• | CONSTITUENTS OF MARINE SEDIMENTS |
TRANSPORTATION 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 |
CALCIUM CARBONATE |
• | Factors Which Determine Accumulation and Deposition of Calcareous Material |
• | The Distribution of Calcium Carbonate |
ORGANIC 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 |
Tables for Computing Geopotential Distances between Isobaric Surfaces |
Subject Index |
Index of Names |
Fold-outs |