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Oceanography (also referred to as oceanology) is a scientific study that focuses on the oceanic realms of the world. The gradual advent of several Earth science disciplines led to the emergence of oceanography as a subject. Since our elementary days, we have known that oceans comprise almost 71% of the Earth’s surface.
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Mukherjee, S., Ghosh, K.K., Chanda, A. (2023). An Introduction to Oceanography. In: Environmental Oceanography and Coastal Dynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34422-0_1
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