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Measurement Techniques, Platforms & Sensors
Elsevier 2010; US$ 99.95Measurement Techniques, Sensors and Platforms is a derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2 nd Edition and serves as an important reference on current knowledge and expertise in one convenient and accessible source. Its selection of articles?all written by experts in their field?provides extensive coverage of the instruments, sensors and... more...
Flotsametrics and the Floating World
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99?Ebbesmeyer?s goal is noble and fresh: to show how the flow of ocean debris around the world reveals ?the music? of the world?s oceans.? ? New York Times Book Review Through the fascinating stories of flotsam, one of the Earth?s greatest secrets is revealed. In Flotsametrics and the Floating World, maverick scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer... more...
Understanding Sea-level Rise and Variability
Wiley 2010; US$ 159.95Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability identifies the major impacts of sea-level rise, presents up-to-date assessments of past sea-level change, thoroughly explores all of the factors contributing to sea-level rise, and explores how sea-level extreme events might change. It identifies what is known in each area and what research and observations... more...
Ocean Management
Book Enclave 2009; US$ 45.00The management of the uses of ocean space is a central focus of the field of marine affairs. Such management seeks, in accordance with some system of politically determined values, which is either explicit or implicit, to increase the benefits that may be derived from the resource and non-resource uses of the ocean. At the same time, it attempts to... more...
The Middle Sea
Random House 2010; US$ 14.67The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continents. To the peoples living around its periphery, it has served at various times as a cradle and a grave, a bond and a barrier, a blessing and a battlefield.... more...
Paleomagnetism of the Atlantic, Tethys and Iapetus Oceans
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 74.00Continents move around continuously with respect to each other; this book describes what went where. more...
Dynamics and Modelling of Ocean Waves
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 53.00A comprehensive introduction and reference prepared by the world's leading ocean wave modellers. more...
Geology of the United States' Seafloor
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 74.00This book presents new, definitive studies of the seafloor adjacent to the United States. more...
The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99Persistent organic contaminants, which are bioaccumulative and toxic are a concern for the ecosystems and human health and are regulated under international law (global and regional conventions, besides other). If semivolatile, they cycle in different environmental compartments and follow complex transport pathways. The ocean is believed to play a... more...
Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99Accretionary prisms in convergent margins are natural laboratories for exploring initial orogenic processes and mountain building episodes. They are also an important component of continental growth both vertically and laterally. Accretionary prisms are seismically highly active and their internal deformation via megathrusting and out-of-sequence faulting... more...









