Investigating Seafloors and Oceans: From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid offers a bottom-to-top tour of the world’s oceans, exposing the secrets hidden therein from a variety of scientific perspectives. Opening with a discussion of the earth’s formation, hot spots, ridges, plate tectonics, submarine trenches, and cold seeps, the text goes on to address such topics as the role of oceans in the origin of life, tidal bore, thermal effects, ecosystem services, marine creatures, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical resources.
This unique reference provides insight into a wide array of questions that researchers continue to ask about the vast study of oceans and the seafloor. It is a one-of-a-kind examination of oceans that offers important perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and academics in all marine-related fields.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. xxvi 8. Acknowledgments - p. xxviii 9. Chapter 1: The Chaotic and Vibrant Seafloor - p. xxx 10. Chapter 2: Secrets of Bermuda Triangle and Formation of Polymetallic Nodules - p. 79 11. Chapter 3: Complex Wave Motions and Thermal Structure of the Oceans - p. 138 12. Abstract - p. 138 13. 3.1 Riddle of the Biblical Crossing of the Red Sea by Israelites Led by Moses - p. 140 14. 3.2 Invisible Colossal Waves Below Sea Surface—Internal Waves - p. 146 15. 3.3 Intricate Tidal Motions in Topographically Complex Water Bodies - p. 166 16. 3.4 Subsurface Warm Water Layer Sandwiched Between Colder Waters Above and Below—Thermal Inversion - p. 190 17. Chapter 4: The Role of Oceans in the Origin of Life and in Biological Evolution - p. 208 18. Chapter 5: Astronomical and Biological Organizational Relationships - p. 256 19. Chapter 6: Seafloor Hot Chimneys and Cold Seeps: Mysterious Life Around Them - p. 305 20. Chapter 7: Citadel-Building: Tiny Creatures in the Oceans—Corals - p. 375 21. Chapter 8: Marine Creatures With a Difference - p. 442 22. Chapter 9: Oceans: Abode of Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotoxins - p. 491 23. Chapter 10: Magic With Colors—Sea Surface Changes - p. 554 24. Index - p. 574
Investigating Seafloors and Oceans: From Mud Volcanoes to Giant Squid offers a bottom-to-top tour of the world’s oceans, exposing the secrets hidden therein from a variety of scientific perspectives. Opening with a discussion of the earth’s formation, hot spots, ridges, plate tectonics, submarine trenches, and cold seeps, the text goes on to address such topics as the role of oceans in the origin of life, tidal bore, thermal effects, ecosystem services, marine creatures, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical resources.
This unique reference provides insight into a wide array of questions that researchers continue to ask about the vast study of oceans and the seafloor. It is a one-of-a-kind examination of oceans that offers important perspectives for researchers, practitioners, and academics in all marine-related fields.
1. Cover image - p. iv 2. Title page - p. iv 3. Table of Contents - p. iv 4. Copyright - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. v 6. Foreword - p. v 7. Preface - p. xxvi 8. Acknowledgments - p. xxviii 9. Chapter 1: The Chaotic and Vibrant Seafloor - p. xxx 10. Chapter 2: Secrets of Bermuda Triangle and Formation of Polymetallic Nodules - p. 79 11. Chapter 3: Complex Wave Motions and Thermal Structure of the Oceans - p. 138 12. Abstract - p. 138 13. 3.1 Riddle of the Biblical Crossing of the Red Sea by Israelites Led by Moses - p. 140 14. 3.2 Invisible Colossal Waves Below Sea Surface—Internal Waves - p. 146 15. 3.3 Intricate Tidal Motions in Topographically Complex Water Bodies - p. 166 16. 3.4 Subsurface Warm Water Layer Sandwiched Between Colder Waters Above and Below—Thermal Inversion - p. 190 17. Chapter 4: The Role of Oceans in the Origin of Life and in Biological Evolution - p. 208 18. Chapter 5: Astronomical and Biological Organizational Relationships - p. 256 19. Chapter 6: Seafloor Hot Chimneys and Cold Seeps: Mysterious Life Around Them - p. 305 20. Chapter 7: Citadel-Building: Tiny Creatures in the Oceans—Corals - p. 375 21. Chapter 8: Marine Creatures With a Difference - p. 442 22. Chapter 9: Oceans: Abode of Nutraceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotoxins - p. 491 23. Chapter 10: Magic With Colors—Sea Surface Changes - p. 554 24. Index - p. 574
