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The Sea off Southern California: A Modern Habitat of Petroleum

Book by K. O. Emery; Wiley, 1960

Subjects:

Marine Biology--Pacific Ocean, Ocean Bottom--Pacific Ocean, Petroleum--Geology--Pacific Ocean, Submarine Geology

Collections: Entire Library

...that of any other area of the ocean having a similar size and complexity...Rock Bottom 62...appear to be aprons from top to bottom Fig. 40 . This sequence...sediments are contributed to the ocean most rapidly. Detailed studies...
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The Law of the Sea: An Historical Analysis of the 1982 Treaty and Its Rejection by the United States

Book by James B. Morell; McFarland, 1992

Subjects:

Marine Mineral Resources--Law And Legislation, Maritime Law, Ocean Bottom--Law And Legislation, United Nations Conference On The Law Of The Sea, United States--Foreign Relations--1981-1989

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...paper + 1. Maritimelaw. 2. Ocean bottom Maritime law . 3. Marine mineral...nodules were first discovered on the bottom of the ocean by the HMS Challenger during...ensure that the deep seas and the ocean bottoms are, and remain, the legacy of...
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Wonders of the Sea: Merging Ocean Myth and Ocean Science

Book by Kendall Haven, Julie Stringer; Libraries Unlimited, 2005

Subjects:

Ocean--Mythology--Study And Teaching (Elementary), Ocean--Mythology--Study And Teaching (Middle School), Ocean--Study And Teaching (Elementary), Ocean--Study And Teaching (Middle School)

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...Four Oceans 7 1.2 Profile of the Ocean Bottom 10 1.3 Three Zones of the Ocean...oceans FIGURE 1.2 Profile of the Ocean Bottom depend on these species and...waters. People imagined that the ocean bottom was covered with mud. But no one...
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The Atlantic: A History of an Ocean

Book by Leonard Outhwaite; Coward McCann, 1957

Subjects:

Atlantic Ocean

Collections: History, Entire Library

...weight actually reached the bottom of the ocean. This required infinite patience...and supersonic waves to the bottom of the ocean. The waves are created at the...that it takes them to reach the ocean bottom and return gives a measure of...
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Fire in the Turtle House: The Green Sea Turtle and the Fate of the Ocean

Book by Osha Gray Davidson; Public Affairs, 2001

Subjects:

Endangered Species, Green Turtle, Green Turtle--Diseases, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On, Ocean

Collections: Entire Library

Award-winning journalist tells the gripping story of a mysterious, deadly infection that is killing off one of the ocean's most beloved & ancient creatures--and what it means about the fate of the oceans.

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Ocean Security, Sustainable Development and Peace

Journal article by Peter Jacques; International Journal of Humanities and Peace, Vol. 18, 2002

Subjects:

Ocean--Environmental aspects, Peace--Environmental aspects, Security, International--Environmental aspects, Sustainable development--Environmental aspects

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...three components of environmental ocean change via global warming, biodiversity...bottom...and temperature)that runs at the bottom of the ocean at about 2 degrees Celsius and at...
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Indian Ocean Tsunamis: Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts in Langkawi, Malaysia

Journal article by Michael Bird, Susan Cowie, Andrea Hawkes, Ben Horton, Colin Macgregor, Jin Eong Ong, Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Teh Tiong Sa, Zulfigar Yasin; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 173, 2007

Subjects:

Emergency response teams, Environmental impact analysis, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004--Economic aspects, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004--Social aspects, Tourism--Environmental aspects, Travel industry--Environmental aspects, Tsunamis--Economic aspects, Tsunamis--Malaysia, Tsunamis--Social aspects

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...informants was carried out using a bottom-up approach leading to referrals...response first operated in a bottom-up manner. The manager at Telaga...Given the fact that the Indian Ocean region currently has no top...warning system in place, this bottom-up approach could prove to be...
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Medieval Arab Navigation on the Indian Ocean: Latitude Determinations

Journal article by Alfred Clark; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993

Subjects:

Indian Ocean--Discovery, exploration, etc., Latitude--Measurement, Nautical astronomy--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...one of the last and most famous of Indian Ocean navigators prior to the arrival of the...As the Pole Star moves across the top or bottom of its orbit, there is only a small change...Sulaiman al-Mahri and other medieval Indian Ocean mariners may or may not have known about...
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Natural Logics of the Indian Ocean

Journal article by Devleena Ghosh, Stephen Muecke; Cultural Studies Review, Vol. 12, 2006

Subjects:

Culture, Indian Ocean, Narratives, Nature, Oceans

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...again about competition in naturecultures. It is the law of the ocean, is it not, that the smaller fish will be eaten by the larger...hear, in corporate boardrooms, metaphors like food chain and bottom feeders used to deride the less successful and justify warlike...
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The Fate of Coral Reefs in the Andaman Sea, Eastern Indian Ocean Following the Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami, 26 December 2004

Journal article by Barbara E. Brown; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 171, 2005

Subjects:

Andaman Sea--Environmental aspects, Coral reef ecology--Environmental aspects, Coral reef ecology--Forecasts and trends, Coral reef ecosystems--Environmental aspects, Coral reef ecosystems--Forecasts and trends, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, 2004--Environmental aspects, Sumatra--Environmental aspects

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...region in the eastern Indian Ocean as far as they are known at...the waves, the surrounding sea bottom topography and the depth of...The influence of the Indian Ocean tsunami on coral reefs of western Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean Atoll Research Bulletin Phongsuwan...

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Clear-Cutting the Ocean Floor

Magazine article by Helen Baulch; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 25, Summer 1999

Subjects:

Drift nets--Environmental aspects, Fisheries--Environmental aspects, Ocean bottom--Environmental aspects, Trawling--Environmental aspects

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...several tonnes are dragged along the ocean bottom, dislodging rocks, sediments, plants...previously unreachable areas of the ocean. Rockhopping gear designed to allow...drag uneven, rocky areas of the sea bottom without snagging their nets, has...
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Icy Treasure

Magazine article by Elise Kleeman; The Scientist, Vol. 23, January 2009

Subjects:

Decades, Ecology, Model airplanes, Ocean bottom

Collections: Entire Library

...to vicariously visit more of the ocean bottom than they had hoped. From the ice...on buoyed lines above the flat ocean bottom, tall, pale volcano sponges had...the regeneration of the scarred ocean bottom. Kim returned to Antarctica late...
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Microbes Thrive in Seafloor Rock: Diversity and Abundance Surprise Research Teams

Magazine article by Sid Perkins; Science News, Vol. 173, June 21, 2008

Subjects:

Microorganisms--Natural history, Microorganisms--Research, Ocean bottom--Research

Collections: Entire Library

...distinct types of microorganisms, the ocean-bottom basalt was home to about 440 different...diversity of microbes that reside in ocean-bottom sediments. "This makes it likely...sit hundreds of meters below the ocean bottom. R. John Parkes, a microbiologist...
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Creatures of the Thermal Vents

Magazine article by Dawn Stover; Popular Science, Vol. 246, May 1995

Subjects:

Aquatic life, Marine animals, Marine biology, Ocean bottom

Collections: Entire Library

...vent--a fissure in the ocean bottom that leaks scalding, acidic...firmly planted on the ocean floor, while red plumes...chain, bacteria are at the bottom. They are the first organisms...tendrils attached to the ocean floor. Bacteria have been...
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The Undersea Frontier

Magazine article; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 32, Spring 2008

Subjects:

Arctic Ocean--Discovery and exploration, Arctic Ocean--Natural resources, Continental shelf--Discovery and exploration, Continental shelves--Discovery and exploration, Mountains--Discovery and exploration, Ocean bottom (Maritime law)--Political aspects, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Collections: Entire Library

...Denmark already claim this spot on the ocean bottom as their own. The worlds coastal...Hampshires Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping has been surveying U.S. coastal...the floors of the underwater Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Pacific waters...

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Scientists Anticipate New Ocean Floor Data as Mapping Begins

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 18, 2009

Subjects:

Ocean, Ocean bottom, Oceans, Scientists

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Scientists Anticipate New Ocean Floor Data as Mapping Begins. Byline...in scientists understanding of Oregons ocean health, they have long said, and it leaves...the best possible information to manage ocean and coastal resources," said John Dunnigan...
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OH CORAL! Massive Reef off Ireland's Coast Amazes Ocean Boffins

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 27, 2009

Subjects:

Coral reefs, Coral reefs and islands, Ocean bottom, Oceanographic research ships

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

OH CORAL! Massive Reef off Irelands Coast Amazes Ocean Boffins. Byline: ED CARTY A MASSIVE deep-sea coral reef...of new anti-viral or antibacterial drugs. Anna Rensdorf, an ocean sciences student, who had previously on tropical corals, said...
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Diver Who Left Bride to Die on Sea Bed Is Jailed for Just a Year

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 6, 2009

Subjects:

Ocean bottom

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...an extraordinary chance, her body, lying face up on the ocean bottom, was inadvertently photographed by another diver who was...Brendan Campbell said Watson allowed his wife to sink to the ocean floor without attempting to retrieve her, and he did not...
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Diver Who Lef T Bride to Die on Sea Bed Is Jailed for Just a Year

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 6, 2009

Subjects:

Ocean bottom

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...an extraordinary chance, her body, lying face up on the ocean bottom, was inadvertently photographed by another diver who was...Brendan Campbell said Watson allowed his wife to sink to the ocean floor without attempting to retrieve her, and he did not...
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THE COLDEST WAR; as the Oil Wells Run Dry, the Last Great Energy Reserves Lie Miles beneath the North Pole.And as the U.S.And Russia Race to Grab Them at Any Cost, the Stage Is Set for a Devastating New War

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 21, 2009

Subjects:

Ocean bottom--Military aspects, Oil wells--Military aspects, Oil wells--Statistics, Power resources--Military aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...that a Russian submarine would plant a national flag on the bottom of the sea at the North Pole. The expedition, led by the bearded...legally ambiguous. According to a study by Britains National Ocean-ography Centres Law of the Sea Group, Denmark (which owns Greenland...

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Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Norwegian Sea. Antarctic bottom water is the densest...coldest water in the ocean depths. It forms...slowly along the bottom as far as the middle North Atlantic Ocean, where it merges...line to the greatest ocean depths. The organisms...live in or on the bottom are called benthos...
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Arctic Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...shallow, its principal exchange of water is with the Atlantic Ocean through the Greenland Sea. Even there, though surface waters...Thus a near stagnant pool of very cold water is found at the bottom of the Arctic basin. Because several major rivers in Siberia...
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Cowrie

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the lower flat. When alive, the cowries shell is usually concealed by its large mantle; as the cowrie creeps along the ocean bottom, the mantle envelops the shell. As the body grows, the inner whorls of the shell are dissolved, and the dissolved lime...
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Oceanography

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...humanmade underwater structures. Deep-diving craft (see submersible ) provide invaluable direct observations of the deep ocean bottom, mid-ocean ridges, and marine life. Recent oceanographic studies include drilling of the seafloor (see Deep Sea Drilling...
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Sea Lily

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Unlike the free-swimming feather stars to which they are related, sea lilies remain permanently attached to the ocean bottom. Two genera, Rhizocrinus and Cenocrinus, occur at moderate depths in the Atlantic and Caribbean. Sea lilies are...

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