| Description |
1 atlas (264 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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Translation of: Weltatlas der ozeane. |
| Contents |
How the oceans were formed -- The oceans : the sea floor in relief -- Historical maps of the world -- [The ocean as a habitat and a commercial area]. Home to remarkable creatures ; Predatory fish in the deep seas ; Sea lions, fish, and crustaceans ; Migratory movements of the whales ; Ocean currents ; The layers of the oceans ; The driving force of the sun ; When air and sea clash ; What causes the tides ; Life between land and sea ; The long travels of an iceberg ; Earth plates and volcanic chains ; Sea freight ; Straits : the eye of the needle ; The lifelines of sea trade ; The North Sea : Europe's turntable ; A little sea with a great future [Baltic Sea] ; Transit traffic on the Mediterranean ; The Atlantic : bridge to the new world ; New terminal centers in the Pacific ; Sunken ships and treasure ; For whom the bell tolls [sea disasters of the 20th century] ; Food from the sea ; International fishing ; Giant pumps on the high seas ; Crude oil : the gold of the seas ; Atlantic and Alaskan oil deposits ; Mineral resources under the sea ; The Arctic Ocean and its perpetual ice ; Antarctica : the white continent ; A garden of Eden in the sea [coral reefs] ; Sun, sea, and white beaches ; Endangered marine life ; How the oceans are polluted ; Surveying the seas -- Bathymetric charts : the individual oceans and basins. [The Atlantic Ocean] -- [The Pacific Ocean] -- [The Indian Ocean] -- The Arctic and the Antarctic : land masses and sea basins at the Poles -- The Mediterranean : individual basins and their water depths -- The North Sea and the Baltic : the shallow border seas of the Atlantic. |
| Subject |
Ocean -- Maps.
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Oceanography -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Charts, diagrams, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423732
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Maps. (OCoLC)fst01423704
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| Subject |
Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01043442
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Oceanography. (OCoLC)fst01043671
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| ISBN |
1552095851 |
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9781552095850 |
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1552633292 |
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9781552633298 |
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