Introduction to the Worlds Oceans - Softcover

Sverdrup, Keith; Armbrust, Virginia

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9780071284578: Introduction to the Worlds Oceans

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071284575 ISBN 13: 9780071284578

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

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This introductory oceanography text, for students without a background in chemistry, maths, physics, geology or biology, stresses the role of basic scientific principles in the processes that govern the ocean and the earth.

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Internet Exercises are available on the text web site. These will challenge students to obtain data or other information from various sites on the web and then solve problems.

Besides the internet exercises on the web site, you'll find the Student Study Guide and Instructor's Manual (the IM is password protected). Every chapter has a listing of internet URLs and when appropriate, there are URL addresses included in figure captions. These URLs direct them to the relevant sites without the need to blindly search the web.
Discussions have been updated to reflect new data and information from recent research. For example:

New discussion of how seawater affects light

New discussion of study of underwater sound

Impact of 1997-98 El Nino
"End of Chapter Problems" allow students to test their understanding of the concepts while providing them with more experience in the manipulation and processing of concepts and data. It allows students to "get their hands dirty" by working with the ideas presented in the chapter rather than just passively reading the material.
Special Interest Boxes provide in-depth discussions of: 1) practical applications of different techniques; 2) cutting edge research projects; or 3) particularly interesting processes and phenomena related to the oceans.

A new boxed reading that has been added is on the "Recovery of Black Smokers: 1998" which discusses the expedition to recover four black smokers from Juan de Fuca ridge.

About the Author:

Keith Sverdrup is a professor at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

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