Tides: a very short introduction
The tide is important to Earth's climate, the biological productivity of our seas, and our hunt for renewable energy sources. It is also thought to have played a role in the evolution of life on Earth. This work explains the nature and cause of the tide, its observation and prediction, unusual tides, and their relevance to us.
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- Full title :Tides : a very short introduction / David George Bowers and Emyr Martyn Roberts.
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The tide is important to Earth's climate, the biological productivity of our seas, and our hunt for renewable energy sources. It is also thought to have played a role in the evolution of life on Earth. This work explains the nature and cause of the tide, its observation and prediction, unusual tides, and their relevance to us.
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- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
Notes
Also issued in print: 2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780191865657, 0191865656, 019882663X, 9780198826637, 9780192561299, 0192561294, 9780192561305, 0192561308
- oclc:on1131979617
- LC Classification:GC301.2
- Dewey Decimal:551.464
Table of Contents
Watching the tide -- Making tides -- Measurements and prediction -- The tide in shelf seas -- Tidal bores -- Tides and the earth -- Tidal mixing -- New frontiers.
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