1st Edition

The Indian Ocean - A Perspective Volume 1

Edited By Rabin Sen Gupta, Erlich Desa Copyright 2001
432 Pages
by CRC Press

432 Pages
by CRC Press

The Indian Ocean represents a part of the global Ocean that has been less studied by modern oceanography than the Atlantic and Pacific parts. This is remarkable, since the Indian Ocean was subject to much historic exploration through navigators from Asia, India, the Middle East and lastly from Europe. This unique, comprehensive reference set on the Indian Ocean, covers all oceanographical... Read more

Volume 1

  • 1. Physical Oceanography
  • 2. The Climate
  • 3. Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing in the Southern Indian Ocean
  • 4. Chemical Oceanography
  • 5. Oceanography of Marginal Seas
  • 6. Features of Some Significant Estuaries of India
  • 7. Estuaries of Littoral Countries other than India
  • 8. Health of the Indian Ocean
  • 9. Bioactive Substances

Index

Volume 2

  • 10. Primary Productivity
  • 11. Zooplankton
  • 12. Benthos
  • 13. Biology of Corals and Coral Reefs
  • 14. Marine Microbiology – A Glimpese of the Strides in the Indian and the Global Arena
  • 15. Mangroves
  • 16. Seaweed Resources
  • 17. Mineral Resources
  • 18. Geochemistry of Sediments
  • 19. Western Indian Ocean – A Glimpse of the Tectonic Scenario
  • 20. Structure and Tectonic Evolution of the Northeastern Indian Ocean
  • 21. Geomorphology and Geology of the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea

Index

Biography

Rabin Sen Gupta, Erlich Desa