xix, 314 p., [16] p. of col. plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2000
C2000
Contents:
Oceans of the past. Evolution's drama ; The earth and the ocean are born ; Life begins ; The paleozoic era: life blooms in the sea ; The mesozoic era: a midlife crisis ; The cenozoic era: modern life -- The seas of today. The science of the sea begins ; The physical and chemical ocean ; Oceans and climate ; The geological ocean ; The biological ocean ; A once-bountiful sea -- Waves of the future. Frontiers of ocean science ; Looking back to look ahead / Sylvia A. Earle
