Keywords:
Seawater -- Composition.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781483257075
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1839456
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Seawater: Its Composition, Properties and Behaviour -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- ABOUT THIS VOLUME -- ABOUT THIS SERIES -- CHAPTER 1. WATER, AIR AND ICE -- 1.1 THE SPECIAL PROPERTIES OF WATER -- 1.2 THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE -- 1.3 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2. TEMPERATURE IN THE OCEANS -- 2.1 SOLAR RADIATION -- 2.2 DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE TEMPERATURES -- 2.3 DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE WITH DEPTH -- 2.4 ENERGY FROM THE THERMOCLINE-A BRIEF DIGRESSION -- 2.5 TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND WATER MOVEMENT -- 2.6 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3. SALINITY IN THE OCEANS -- 3.1 CONSTANCY OF COMPOSITION -- 3.2 VARIATIONS IN SALINITY -- 3.3 THE MEASUREMENT OF SALINITY -- 3.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4. DENSITY AND PRESSURE IN THE OCEANS -- 4.1 WATER MASSES -- 4.2 DEPTH (PRESSURE), DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE -- 4.3 T-S DIAGRAMS -- 4.4 MIXING PROCESSES IN THE OCEANS -- 4.5 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5. LIGHT AND SOUND IN SEAWATER -- 5.1 UNDERWATER LIGHT -- 5.2 UNDERWATER SOUND -- 5.3 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6. THE SEAWATER SOLUTION -- 6.1 THE GROSS CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEAWATER -- 6.2 SOURCES AND SINKS, OR WHY THE SEA IS SALT -- 6.3 CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS IN SEAWATER -- 6.4 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7. SEAWATER AND THE GLOBAL CYCLE -- 7.1 A SHORT HISTORY OF SEAWATER -- 7.2 A LOOK AHEAD -- 7.3 SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7 -- APPENDIX: CONVERSIONS BETWEEN pH AND [H+] -- SUGGESTED FURTHER READING -- ANSWERS AND COMMENTS TO QUESTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX.
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