Introduction to Oceans Sciences

Introduction to Ocean Sciences

5th edition (ver 5.0), Published 2024

ISBN: 978-0-9857859-2-5

The 5th edition of Introduction to Ocean Sciences is an open source textbook that is free for anyone to download, read and print for personal use only (Donations are welcome - scroll down to find how). The textbook is available only as a pdf file that can be read and printed using any Adobe or other pdf software viewer. You can read the full TABLE OF CONTENTS here. The online version of the textbook is a fully peer reviewed publication that has been adopted for classes in well over 120 colleges located in 17 countries and 29 US States. For Instructor support information scroll down.

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Chapter 1 The Ocean Planet	Chapter 2 History and Importance of Ocean Studies
Chapter 3 Studying the Oceans	Chapter 4 Plate Tectonics: Evolution of the Ocean Floor
Chapter 5 Water and Seawater	Chapter 6 Ocean Sediments
Chapter 7 Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions	Chapter 8 Ocean Circulation
Chapter 9 Waves	Chapter 10 Tides
Chapter 11 Coasts	Chapter 12 Foundations of Life in the Oceans
Chapter 13 Coastal Oceans and Estuaries	Chapter 14 Marine Ecology
Chapter 15 Ocean Ecosystems	Chapter 16 Impacts of Humans on the Oceans
CRITICAL CONCEPTS	Glossary and Appendices
Index	Boxes - 8B1 - 8B2 - 16B1 - 16B2

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