1st Edition

Understanding the Oceans A Century of Ocean Exploration

Edited By Margaret Deacon, Tony Rice, Colin Summerhayes Copyright 2001
320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

320 Pages
by CRC Press

Understanding the Oceans brings together an internationally distinguished group of authors to consider the enormous advances in marine science that have been achieved since the voyages of HMS Challenger a century ago. The book draws inspiration from the seminal contribution made by the research conducted on those voyages, and each contributor considers the significance of the findings,... Read more
List of tables, Notes on contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART 1 The historical context, PART 2 Ocean basins, PART 3 Ocean circulation, PART 4 The ocean ecosystem, Index

Biography

Tony Rice, Margaret Deacon, Colin Summerhayes