The oceans : a deep history
Record details
- ISBN: 9780691168913
- ISBN: 0691168911
- ISBN: 9780691202648
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Physical Description:
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viii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Princeton University Press, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-249) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Origins. Building a planet, shaping the oceans ; Water, salt, and circulation ; Life, oxygen, and carbon -- 3. Controls on change. Orbital and solar changes ; Greenhouse gases ; Plate tectonics ; Impacts -- 4. Snowball Earth and the explosions of life. Into the freezer ; Out of the freezer, into a greenhouse ; A tale of two explosions ; Reverberations -- 5. Oceans on acid. About acidification ; Acidification in action -- 6. The age of reptiles. Choking oceans ; Salty giants -- 7. Winter is coming. Reconstructing sea-level change ; The great northern ice ages ; Ocean controls on CO₂ ; A seesaw in the ocean -- 8. Future oceans and climate. Our carbon emissions ; Consequences -- Epilogue. |
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Subject: | Paleoceanography Ocean -- History Climatic changes Ocean -- Effect of human beings on Oceanography |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | QE 39.5 P25 R64 2017 (Text) | B001670371 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |