Overview
- Discusses the evolution of the ocean and the seafloor
- Bridges the gap between popular TV shows and textbooks on oceanography and marine geology
- Written for an audience of general ocean science enthusiasts
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“‘Mysterious Ocean’ should appeal to a diverse set of interests, especially to anyone wanting to learn about the earth and the origin of the oceans. This would include young students studying physical sciences, adults with an appetite to learn more about how the oceans came about and their present state of health, and professionals of all disciplines that want to know how the earth evolved and what to expect in the future. I would certainly recommend the book to any of my students that are studying geological oceanography as the book is packed with most all of the salient knowledge needed to progress in learning what the oceans offer and what should be done to mitigate global warming, sea level rise, and potential extinction of ecologically important species. This is a must-read book. I encourage anyone the bit interested in our oceans to pick up and read this book. It serves as an excellent factual reference to the general State-of-Knowledge of our planet.” (H Gary Greene, Professor Emeritus of Geological Oceanography, San Jose State University)
“Even for those of us who study the ocean, this vast, submerged part of most of our planet still holds too many mysteries. Mysterious Ocean is a delight regardless of your expertise. In clear, communicative language and with a wealth of intuitive maps and figures, Peter Harris weaves a narrative of the ocean that is near encyclopedic in scope but wonderfully accessible. And tremendous kudos to him, as this is the book that many of us have been wanting to write ourselves, or hoping that someone else could. The chapters of Mysterious Ocean are needed now more than ever with our planet in such crisis, and requiring so much more exploration and discovery. Dive into the mystery!” (Dawn J. Wright, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri))
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Book Title: Mysterious Ocean
Book Subtitle: Physical Processes and Geological Evolution
Authors: Peter Townsend Harris
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15632-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15631-2Published: 21 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15634-3Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15632-9Published: 12 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 199
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Earth Science, Climate Change, Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Coastal Sciences, Geophysics and Environmental Physics