Books written by Open University. Oceanography Course Team

  • Seawater: Its Composition, Properties, and Behaviour

    'Seawater' has been substantially updated in this second edition to take account of recent developments in marine science.

  • Seawater: Its Composition, Properties, and Behaviour

    'Seawater' has been substantially updated in this second edition to take account of recent developments in marine science.

  • Ocean Circulation
    Ocean Circulation

    Arago pointed out that the drop in the level of the Gulf Stream from the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida to the Atlantic side , as determined by a levelling survey across Florida , was only 19 mm at most , and this was surely much too ...

  • Marine Biogeochemical Cycles
    Marine Biogeochemical Cycles

    Mn2* {nmol kg ') 0.5 1.0 1.5 1000 2000 h 3000 k 4000 5000 (a) 2.0 — i 1000 S.2000 O 3000 sea -floor (b) Figure 2.16 Profiles for concentration of dissolved manganese, for use with Question 2.5. Both are from stations in the North ...

  • Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes
    Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes

    Small gentle waves and swell tend to build up beaches , whereas storm waves tear them down ( see ... such waves are characteristic of a gently sloping shoreline . A tidal bore ( Section 2.4.3 ) is an extreme form of a spilling breaker .

  • Ocean Circulation
    Ocean Circulation

    This is the third Volume of the six-Volume Open University set. Each Volume is required by students as a relevant part of the Open University course but designed so that...

  • Waves, Tides, and Shallow-water Processes
    Waves, Tides, and Shallow-water Processes

    Completely revised and updated for its second edition, this volume belongs to the Open University series on oceanography.