Practical handbook of marine science

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Content: Physiography -- Ocean Provinces -- Dimensions -- Physiographic Provinces -- Continental Margin Province -- Deep-Ocean Basin Province -- Mid-Ocean Ridge Province -- Benthic and Pelagic Provinces -- Benthic Province -- Pelagic Province -- Conversion Factors, Measures, and Units -- General Features of the Earth -- General Characteristics of the Oceans -- Topographic Data -- Marine Chemistry -- Seawater Composition -- Major Constituents -- Minor and Trace Elements -- Nutrient Elements -- Nitrogen -- Phosphorus -- Silicon -- Gases -- Organic Compounds -- Dissolved Constituent Behavior -- Vertical Profiles -- Conservative Profile -- Nutrient-Type Profile -- Surface Enrichment and Depletion at Depth -- Mid-Depth Minima -- Mid-Depth Maxima -- Mid-Depth Maxima or Minima in the Suboxic Layer -- Maxima and Minima in Anoxic Waters -- Salinity -- Periodic Table -- Properties of Seawater -- Atmospheric and Fluvial Fluxes -- Composition of Seawater -- Trace Elements -- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Chemistry -- Organic Matter -- Decomposition of Organic Matter -- Oxygen -- Nutrients -- Carbon -- Physical Oceanography -- Subject Areas -- Properties of Seawater -- Temperature -- Salinity -- Density -- Open Ocean Circulation -- Wind-Driven Circulation -- Ocean Gyres -- Meanders, Eddies, and Rings -- Equatorial Currents -- Antarctic Circumpolar Current -- Convergences and Divergences -- Ekman Transport, Upwelling, and Downwelling -- Langmuir Circulation -- Surface Water Circulation -- Atlantic Ocean -- Pacific Ocean.