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| Genre/Form: | Congresses Congrès |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: International Oceanographic Congress (1st : 1959 : New York, N.Y.) Oceanography; invited lectures presented at the International Oceanographic Congress held in New York, 31 August-12 September 1959. Washington, 1961 (OCoLC)578272871 |
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Sears |
| OCLC Number: | 880918 |
| Description: | xi, 654 p. illus., charts, maps. 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Shape and structure of ocean basins / Maurice Ewing and Mark Landisman -- Forces and processes at work in ocean basins / E.C. Bullard -- Stratigraphy of the deep-sea floor / Edwin L. Hamilton -- The biologist poses some problems / G.E. Hutchinson -- Origin of life on the shores of the ocean : physical and chemical conditions determining first appearance of biological processes / J.D. Bernal -- Origin of life in the oceans / A.I. Oparin -- Geological record on the ocean floor / Gustaf Arrhenius -- Paleobiogeography of the marine realm / Preston E. Cloud, Jr. -- Biogeographical boundaries : the shapes of distributions / R.S. Glover -- Evolution in the deep seas / G.S. Carter -- The role of ethology in oceanography / H.O. Bull -- Physiological significance of light in marine ecosystems / Hermann Friedrich -- Cultivation of marine organisms as a means of understanding environmental influences on populations / Trygve Braarud -- Geochemistry and physics of ocean circulation / W.S. Broecker ... [et al.] -- Certain quantitative characteristics of the pelagic and bottom life of the ocean / L.A. Zenkevitch -- Turbulent transport / W.V.R. Malkus -- Pelagic sediments / M.N. Bramlette -- Geochemistry of radioactive elements in the ocean and the chronology of deep-sea sediments / Edgard E. Picciotto -- Abyssal benthic organisms : nature, origin, distribution, and influence on sedimentation / Anton F. Bruun and Torben Wolff -- Coupling between sea and air / Pierre Welander -- The exchange of matter between atmosphere and sea / Erik Eriksson -- An estuarine model of the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean / J.P. Tully and F.G. Barber -- Length of pelagic life in marine bottom invertebrates as related to larval transport by ocean currents / Gunnar Thorson -- Problems of epicontinental sedimentation / P.H. Kuenen -- Interrelationships between aquatic organisms mediated by external metabolites / C.E. Lucas -- Primary production / John H. Steele -- The balance between living and dead matter in the oceans / Johannes Krey -- The physical chemistry of sea water / Lars Gunnar Sillén -- Chemistry in the oceans / Edward D. Goldberg -- Vertical and horizontal movements in the ocean / L.H.N. Cooper. |
| Series Title: | Publication (American Association for the Advancement of Science), no. 67. |
| Responsibility: | Edited by Mary Sears. |
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