BOOK COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 THE OCEAN -- RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OCEANS -- MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS OF THE OCEANS -- ORIGIN OF OCEAN WATERS -- COMPOSITION OF SEAWATER -- DISSOLVED INORGANIC SUBSTANCES -- DISSOLVED ORGANIC SUBSTANCES -- EFFECTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES -- THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER -- SALINITY DISTRIBUTION -- TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION -- THERMAL PROPERTIES -- DENSITY OF SEAWATER AND PRESSURE -- OPTICAL PROPERTIES -- ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES -- CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE OCEANS -- THE EARLY OCEANS -- THE TRANSITION STAGE -- THE MODERN OCEANS -- CHAPTER 2 OCEAN BASINS -- EXPLORATION OF THE OCEAN BASINS -- DEEP-SEA SEDIMENTS -- SEDIMENT TYPES -- SEDIMENTATION PATTERNS -- EVOLUTION OF THE OCEAN BASINS THROUGH PLATE MOVEMENTS -- OCEAN BASIN FEATURES -- ABYSSAL HILLS -- CONTINENTAL MARGINS -- CONTINENTAL RISES -- CONTINENTAL SHELVES -- CONTINENTAL SLOPES -- DEEP-SEA TRENCHES -- OCEANIC CRUST -- OCEANIC PLATEAUS -- OCEANIC RIDGES -- CHAPTER 3 CIRCULATION AND WAVES -- THE CIRCULATION OF THE OCEAN WATERS -- DISTRIBUTION OF OCEAN CURRENTS -- CAUSES OF OCEAN CURRENTS -- PRESSURE GRADIENTS -- CORIOLIS EFFECT -- FRICTIONAL FORCES -- GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS -- EKMAN LAYER -- WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION -- EQUATORIAL CURRENTS -- THE SUBTROPICAL GYRES -- THE SUBPOLAR GYRES -- ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT -- THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION -- WAVES OF THE SEA -- SURFACE GRAVITY WAVES -- SEICHE WAVES AND INTERNAL WAVES -- OCEAN TIDES -- TIDE-GENERATING FORCES -- TIDAL BORES -- CHAPTER 4 THE CLIMATIC AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE OCEANS -- SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS -- THE LINK BETWEEN OCEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE AND CLIMATE ANOMALIES -- FORMATION OF TROPICAL CYCLONES -- EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONES ON OCEAN WATERS -- INFLUENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND RAINFALL.

THE GULF STREAM AND KUROSHIO SYSTEMS -- THE GULF STREAM -- THE KUROSHIO CURRENT -- THE POLEWARD TRANSFER OF HEAT -- EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION AND CLIMATIC CHANGE -- THE EL NIÑO PHENOMENON -- THE SOUTHERN OSCILLATION -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE OCEANS -- MEDIUM FOR TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS -- SOURCE OF FOOD AND WATER -- ENERGY RESOURCES -- SOURCE OF MINERALS AND OTHER RAW MATERIALS -- WASTE DISPOSAL AND OTHER RELATED ACTIONS -- CHAPTER 5 OCEANOGRAPHY -- ANCIENT OCEANOGRAPHY -- THE DISCOVERY OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE -- THE INITIAL STUDIES OF THE TIDES -- EARLY OCEANOGRAPHY -- THE RISE OF SUBTERRANEAN WATER -- EVAPORATION FROM THE SEA -- OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE 19TH CENTURY -- OCEANOGRAPHY IN THE 20TH CENTURY -- OCEAN CIRCULATION, CURRENTS, AND WAVES -- OCEAN BATHYMETRY -- WATER RESOURCES AND SEAWATER CHEMISTRY -- DESALINIZATION, TIDAL POWER, AND MINERALS FROM THE SEA -- UNDERSEA EXPLORATION -- BASIC ELEMENTS OF UNDERSEA EXPLORATION -- METHODOLOGY AND INSTRUMENTATION -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6 MARINE EXPLORERS AND OCEANOGRAPHERS -- ALEXANDER AGASSIZ -- PRINCE ALBERT I OF MONACO -- ROBERT BALLARD -- JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU -- ROBERT S. DIETZ -- VAGN WALFRID EKMAN -- RICHARD H. FLEMING -- BJØRN HELLAND-HANSEN -- COLUMBUS O'DONNELL ISELIN -- MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY -- WALTER MUNK -- SIR JOHN MURRAY -- FRIDTJOF NANSEN -- JACQUES PICCARD -- FRANCIS P. SHEPARD -- HENRY MELSON STOMMEL -- GEORG WÜST -- APPENDIX -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SEAWATER -- OCEAN BASINS AND CONTINENTAL MARGINS -- CIRCULATION OF OCEAN WATERS -- WAVES OF THE SEA -- DENSITY CURRENTS IN THE OCEANS -- IMPACT OF OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS ON WEATHER AND CLIMATE -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF THE OCEANS -- UNDERSEA EXPLORATION -- INDEX.