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Books on: pacific ocean

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Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean: Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains and Pacific Coast ... 1857-1867

Book by Albert D. Richardson; American Publishing Company, 1869

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West (U.S.)--Description And Travel, West (U.S.)--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...future importance, 564 ; effect of Pacific Railroad, 564 ; population, 603...prospects, 579 ; farming, 579 . P. PACIFIC Ocean and coast, pony express to, 325...civilization pushing eastward, 600 . Pacific Railroad, a prophecy, 331 ; a...
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Alexander Mackenzie's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1793

Book by Alexander Mackenzie, Milo Milton Quaife; The Lakeside Press, 1931

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Indians Of North America--Canada, Northwest, Canadian--Description And Travel

Collections: History, Entire Library

...existence of a Northwest Passage to the Pacific; while the name he gave to his...had entertained high hope that the Pacific Ocean rather than the Arctic, would prove...problem of finding the way to the Pacific, he determined to remedy this defect...
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Crossing Oceans: Reconfiguring American Literary Studies in the Pacific Rim

Book by Noelle Brada-Williams, Karen Chow; Hong Kong University Press, 2004

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American Literature--Asian American Authors--Study And Teaching--East Asia, American Literature--Study And Teaching--East Asia, East Asia--Civilization--American Influences

Collections: Education, Literature, Entire Library

...power provides it with not only a common ocean but a shared linguistic heritage with many peoples of the Asian Pacific. The last century has marked perhaps...interpreting American literature within a Pacific Rim milieu. Although Americas history...
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World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study

Book by Gordon L. Rottman; Greenwood Press, 2002

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Islands Of The Pacific--Strategic Aspects, Military Geography--Pacific Area, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean, World War, 1939-1945--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...and the very nature of the reality of combat in the Pacific, it was one of the most difficult and challenging military theaters of operations experienced. THE PACIFIC OCEAN The Pacific Ocean was named by Portuguese explorer Fernao de...
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The Southwest Pacific Campaign, 1941-1945: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

Book by Eugene L. Rasor; Greenwood Press, 1996

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World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--South Pacific Ocean--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--South Pacific Ocean--Historiography

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...operation into the Indian ocean was a blunder because...operate in the Indian and Pacific oceans. 1378...operate in the Indian and Pacific oceans. 1379 Thomas, Lowell...Thompson, Erwin N. Pacific Ocean Engineers: History...

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Journal Articles on: pacific ocean

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Cavalli Seamount, Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: a Miocene Metamorphic Core Complex?

Journal article by N. Mortimer, R. H. Herzer, N. W. Walker, A. T. Calvert; Journal of the Geological Society, Vol. 160, 2003

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Geology, Lava, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Plate tectonics, Stone

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...Seamount, Northland Plateau, SW Pacific Ocean: a Miocene Metamorphic Core Complex...remnant of Gondwanaland in the SW Pacific Ocean, with submerged Late Cretaceous...obtain more information about this SW Pacific oceanic plateau. Dredging of most...
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Ocean Currents Key to Methylmercury in North Pacific

Journal article by Carol Potera; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 117, 2009

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Methylmercury compounds--Environmental aspects, Methylmercury compounds--Research, Methylmercury--Environmental aspects, Methylmercury--Research, Ocean--Environmental aspects, Oceans--Environmental aspects

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Ocean Currents Key to Methylmercury in North Pacific. by Carol Potera Mercury emitted...mercury levels in the North Pacific Ocean, report researchers...understand whats going on in the ocean," says St. Louis. The new...methylmercury is produced in oceans," he says. The studies also...
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The Salient Features of Site Location in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean

Journal article by Zarine Cooper; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 36, 1997

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Andaman Islands--Antiquities, Excavations (Archaeology)--Indian Ocean, Land settlement patterns, Prehistoric--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...salient features of site location in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean. by Zarine Cooper The location of archaeological sites provides...explorations in the Andaman Islands. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 6:27-39. 1987 A Report on Archaeological...
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Resource Issues and Ocean Governance in Asia Pacific: An Indonesian Perspective

Journal article by Dewi Fortuna Anwar; Contemporary Southeast Asia, Vol. 28, 2006

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Boundary disputes--Analysis, International cooperation--Environmental aspects, Marine resources conservation--International aspects, Pacific Rim--Natural resources

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...resource issues and ocean governance in Asia Pacific...take place across the oceans and the seas, including...least in the Asia-Pacific region. Preventing...is shipping. The ocean and the seas in Asia Pacific, particularly the narrow...ships sailing from the Pacific to the Indian Oceans all pass through Southeast...
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Pacific Ocean-Wide Profile of CYP1A1 Expression, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios, and Organic Contaminant Burden in Sperm Whale Skin Biopsies

Journal article by Celine A.J. Godard-Codding, Rebecca Clark, Maria Cristina Fossi, Letizia Marsili, Silvia Maltese, Adam G. West, Luciano Valenzuela, Victoria Rowntree, Ildiko Polyak, John C. Cannon, Kim Pinkerton, Nadia Rubio-Cisneros, Sarah L. Mesnick, Stephen B. Cox, Iain Kerr, Roger Payne, John J. Stegeman; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011

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Cytochrome P-450--Research, Marine resources conservation--Research, Sperm whale--Genetic aspects, Sperm whale--Protection and preservation, Sperm whales--Genetic aspects, Sperm whales--Protection and preservation, Water pollution--Control

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Pacific Ocean-Wide Profile of CYP1A1...explore regional trends in the Pacific Ocean. RESULTS: Biomarker...regional differences within the Pacific Ocean. CYP1A1 expression was...0901809 Online 6 December 2010 Ocean pollution is an increasing...Research Council 2007; Pew Oceans Commission 2003; U.S. Commission...

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Magazine Articles on: pacific ocean

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University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via Internet

Magazine article by Ronald Roach; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, September 26, 2002

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Oceans, Pacific Ocean, Proposals, Science education, Underwater exploration, University of Washington

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...University of Washington Seeks Pacific Ocean Data Via Internet by...recording equipment on the Pacific Ocean floor for the transmission...project, which means North East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network...and sounds recorded in the ocean would be streamed to universities...to officials. "The way the oceans are currently being explored...
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Restoring Our Contract with Nature and the Ocean Commons

Magazine article by Mike Mcginnis; Pacific Ecologist, Winter 2011

Subjects:

Global temperature changes--Forecasts and trends, Marine biology--Protection and preservation, Ocean--Environmental aspects, Ocean--Protection and preservation, Oceans--Environmental aspects, Oceans--Protection and preservation, Overfishing--Environmental aspects

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...Universitys Centre for Oceans Solutions in 2008 reviewed...various pressures on the Pacific Ocean, and identified four...Governors Agreement on Ocean Health. (12) ILLUSTRATION...addressing the plight of the oceans is the Pacific Ocean 2020 Challenge Initiative...
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Mighty Oceans-Font of Life

Magazine article by John Chappell; Pacific Ecologist, Winter 2011

Subjects:

Ocean--Environmental aspects, Ocean--Natural history, Ocean--Research, Oceans--Environmental aspects, Oceans--Natural history, Oceans--Research

Collections: History, Entire Library

...saying goes. The salts of the ocean are in our cells. Without the oceans, we wouldnt be here. Duties...Ocean, where cold, deep-ocean water upwells and spreads...term climatic shifts. The oceans have also been implicated...shifts of temperature and ocean circulation, heralded by...La Nina fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean can cost us very dear...
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Deep Seabed Mining: Frontier to Oblivion! Mining the Seabed Is a New Industrial Frontier with Destructive Consequences for Marine Life, Writes Dennis Small. with the Oceans Already Showing Many Signs of Serious Damage from Current Industrial Activity, Adding to the Damage by Intensively Mining the Seabed Will Take Us Further Down the Road of Ecological Disaster

Magazine article by Dennis Small; Pacific Ecologist, Winter 2011

Subjects:

Ocean bottom--Environmental aspects, Ocean bottom--Protection and preservation, Underwater drilling--Environmental aspects

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...or methane hydrates on the ocean floor. Methane, of course...begging for trouble in the oceans already beset by so many problems...on the future of the worlds ocean, including in the Pacific. The global economic system...Consequently, saving the oceans is going to take unprecedented...
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The Oceans and Climate Change: Unprecedented Threats for Marine Life

Magazine article by Robert B. Dunbar; Pacific Ecologist, Winter 2011

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Climate change--Research, Climatic changes--Research, Global temperature changes--Research, Ocean--Environmental aspects, Ocean--Research, Oceans--Environmental aspects, Oceans--Research

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...uncontestable. Oceans transport heat The oceans cover 71% of our planets surface. The water in the ocean has unique physical properties that affect...eye-opener for me was how little the oceans and ocean impacts were discussed in the main COP-15 meetings. The oceans have largely gone unnoticed by those...

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Newspaper Articles on: pacific ocean

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Pacific State Leaders Unite to Protect Ocean

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), September 19, 2006

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Ocean, Oceans

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

Pacific State Leaders Unite...together to protect the Pacific Ocean, in much the same...of reforms the Pew Oceans Commission and U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy have recommended...some areas of the Pacific in recent years...
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Las Balsas Captain on Pilgrimage; Expedition Crewman Reunited with Raft Which Carried Him across Pacific Ocean

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), November 22, 2008

Subjects:

Ocean, Oceans

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

...with Raft Which Carried Him across Pacific Ocean. Byline: MARY MANN mary.mann...for 178 days while sailing on the Pacific Ocean in the 1970s. Thirty-five...Americans could have made the trans-Pacific crossing as family groups in earlier...
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How We Killed PARADISE with PLASTIC; in the Idyllic Heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Atoll of Midway and Its Rare Birds Are Slowly Choking to Death on the Plastic We Blithely Toss Away Every Day. in This Deeply Shocking Dispatch, the BBC's David Shukman Reveals the Grotesque Consequences of Our Casual Throwaway Culture

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 6, 2010

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Albatrosses, Choking, Plastic containers

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

...Idyllic Heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Atoll of Midway...surrounding the remote Pacific atoll of Midway is vivid...everything living in the oceans. I became the BBCs...and spoil an entire ocean. Ive always worked...millions around the Pacific leaves me stunned at...studies have shown how the oceans smallest creatures also...
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How We Killed PARADISE with PLASTIC; in the Idyllic Heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Atoll of Midway and Its Rare Birds Are Slowly Choking to Death on the Plastic We Blithely Toss Away Every Day. in This Deeply Shocking Dispatch, the BBC's David Shukman Reveals the Grotesque Consequences of Our Casual Throwaway Culture

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 25, 2010

Subjects:

Albatrosses, Choking, Plastic containers

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

...Idyllic Heart of the Pacific Ocean, the Atoll of Midway...surrounding the remote Pacific atoll of Midway is vivid...everything living in the oceans. I became the BBCs...and spoil an entire ocean. Ive always worked...millions around the Pacific leaves me stunned at...studies have shown how the oceans smallest creatures also...
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FDA Approves Safety of Pacific Ocean Imports; Sushi, Other Goods Unaffected by Radiation

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), April 6, 2011

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Drug approval, Food--Imports, Food--Prices and rates, Imports--Inspection, Radiation, Radiation (Physics), United States. Food and Drug Administration--Inspection, United States. Food and Drug Administration--International economic relations, United States. Food and Drug Administration--Safety and security measures

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FDA Approves Safety of Pacific Ocean Imports; Sushi, Other Goods Unaffected...Americans that food imported from the Pacific Ocean is safe, though increased safety...the great quantity of water in the Pacific Ocean rapidly and effectively dilutes...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: pacific ocean

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Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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PACIFIC OCEAN largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi...the Capes (1971); J. Gilbert, Charting the Vast Pacific (1971); V. S. Gorshkov, ed., Pacific Ocean (1976). ____________________ Copyright...
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Samoa , Island Chain, Sw Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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SAMOA , island chain, SW Pacific Ocean chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa...1000 b.c. From Samoa they swept out across the Pacific (c.a.d. 1200), carrying Polynesian civilization...
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Palmyra , Atoll, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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PALMYRA , atoll, Pacific Ocean atoll (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands , c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) SW of Honolulu. Palmyra has no permanent inhabitants. First visited by Americans in 1802, and later claimed...
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Samoa , Country, Sw Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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SAMOA , country, SW Pacific Ocean formerly Western Samoa, officially Independent State of Samoa, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 177,000), South Pacific, comprising the western half of the Samoa island chain. There...
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Christmas Island , in the Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

CHRISTMAS ISLAND , in the Pacific Ocean atoll: see Kiritimati . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

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