An Introduction to the World's Oceans - Hardcover

Sverdrup, Keith; Armbrust, Virginia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0073254835 ISBN 13: 9780073254838

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2006

Synopsis

An Introduction to the World's Oceans, Ninth Edition, is an introductory oceanography text intended for students without a background in mathematics, chemistry, physics, geology, or biology. It emphasizes the role of basic scientific principles in helping understand the processes that govern the ocean and the earth.

A major objective of the text is to stimulate student interest and curiosity by blending contemporary information and research with basic principles to form an integrated introduction to the sciences of the oceans. To keep the text as current as possible, the authors conduct their own research and examine other findings such as analyzing satellite data and large-scale oceanographic programs. From this vast amount of data, they select interesting, relevant, and understandable examples that illustrate contemporary principles of oceanography.

An Introduction to the World's Oceans places greater emphasis on the physical and geological aspects of the oceans than on the chemical and geochemical properties, because the latter disciplines require more specific background knowledge. An ecological approach helps integrate the biological chapters with other subjects. Students are encouraged to look at oceanography as a cohesive and united discipline rather than a collection of subjects gathered under a marine umbrella. As with all previous editions, the authors continue to make each chapter stand as independently as possible, so that professors can assign chapters in the order that best suits their classrooms.

About this title

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0073254835
• ISBN 13: 9780073254838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 521