Keywords:
Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780718897031
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=30214405
Language:
English
Note:
Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Historical Context -- 1 Marine science in the UK before World War II -- 2 Steps toward the founding of NIO -- 3 The founding director, Sir George Deacon -- 4 Group W at the Admiralty Research Laboratory -- Life in the Oceans -- 5 Ocean ecology -- 6 Whales and whaling -- The Discovery of a Turbulent Ocean -- 7 Ocean currents - entering the modern age -- 8 Exploring ocean variability -- 9 Internal waves and all that -- 10 Seawater - its chemical and physical properties -- The Visible Surface of the Ocean -- 11 Wave research at Wormley -- 12 Waves, surges and tides -- 13 Applied wave research -- The Earth Beneath the Sea -- 14 Side-scan sonar - a tool for seafl oor geology -- 15 The rocks below the deep ocean -- Support for the Scientific Vision -- 16 Engineering and applied physics -- 17 Research ships -- 18 The library - a key research tool -- 19 The 'backroom boys' -- Beyond 1973 -- 20 The legacy -- Annex 1 Cruises of RRS Discovery II -- Annex 2 Cruises of RRS Discovery -- Annex 3 Acronyms and abbreviations -- Annex 4 Author biographies -- References -- Index -- Back cover.
