Dictionary of Marine Science

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2001 | 2nd Revised edition
Facts on File Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8160-4292-0 (ISBN)

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This volume contains over 2500 entries, 500 new to this edition, dealing with the basic vocabulary of marine science. Coverage includes up-to-date terms and explanatory charts and graphs related to areas such as water chemistry, marine ecosystems and physical features of oceans.

Thoroughly revised and updated, The Facts On File Dictionary of Marine Science contains over 2,500 entries - 500 new to this addition - dealing with the basic vocabulary of marine science. Coverage includes the most up-to-date terms and explanatory charts and graphs related to the areas of water chemistry; marine ecosystems; physical features of oceans, such as reefs, coastlines, and tides; currents and their effects; and plants and animals that dwell in the oceans. Revised information on time scales, an updated chronology of significant events, and a taxonomic classification of living organisms are also included.

Abyssal rocks * Luis Alvarez * Celestial navigation * Giant squid * Global warming * Microfossil * Off-shore drilling * Phosphorescence * Saw shark * Zoantharia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.7.2001
Reihe/Serie	Facts on File Science Dictionary Series.
Zusatzinfo	75-100 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	0-8160-4292-6 / 0816042926
ISBN-13	978-0-8160-4292-0 / 9780816042920
Zustand	Neuware