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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 572 EAN: 9780750667937 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0750667931 Label: Butterworth-Heinemann Manufacturer: Butterworth-Heinemann Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 130 Publication Date: May 31, 2005 Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Studio: Butterworth-Heinemann Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This Volume belongs to a series on Oceanography. It is designed so that it can be read on its own, or used as a supplement in oceanogrphy courses. After a brief introduction to sea-floor sediments, the book shows how the activities of marine organisms cycle nutrients and other dissolved constituents within the oceans, and influence the rates at which both solid and dissolved material is removed to sediments. It goes on to review the carbonate system and shows how sediments that come from continental areas may be transported to the deep sea, explores what sea-floor sediments have taught us about the history of the oceans, and describes the biological and chemical processes that continue long after sediments have been deposited on the deep sea-floor. * Covers the basics on the occurrence, distribution, and cycling of chemical elements in the ocean * Features full-color photographs and beautiful illustrations throughout * Reader-friendly layout, writing, and graphics * Pedagogy includes chapter summaries, chapter questions with answers and comments at the end of the book; highlighted key terms; and boxed topics and explanations * Can be used alone, as a supplement, or in combination with other Open University titles in oceanography Average Rating:
 Rating: - Definitely RecommendedThis is the fifth book from the Open University Oceanography series I have read. As usual, an excellent product. If you are unfamiliar with the series, the technical level is similar to "Scientific American". There are questions (in blue text) interspersed in the text, so you can use the book for "deep study" or just a read. All answers are provided at the back with comments. The only disappointment was the small number of flow diagrams. Perhaps the word "Cycles" in the title would be ... Read More 
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