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Oceanography

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Part of the book series: Landolt-Börnstein: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series (LANDOLT 3, volume 3a)

Part of the book sub series: Geophysics (LANDOLT 5)

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Table of contents (110 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

  2. 1.0 List of abbreviations

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    Pages 1-2
  3. 1.1 Topography

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    Pages 2-13
  4. 1.2 Hypsography

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    Pages 14-25
  5. 1.3 Bathymetry

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    Pages 26-48
  6. 1.4.1 Classification of the ocean floor features

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    Pages 48-52
  7. 1.4.2.2 Classification of continental margins

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    Pages 53-54
  8. 1.4.2.3 The shelf

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    Pages 54-57
  9. 1.4.2.4 The continental slope and rise

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    Pages 57-59
  10. 1.4.2.5 Canyons, abyssal cones, and fans

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    Pages 59-68
  11. 1.4.2.6 Trenches

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    Pages 68-71
  12. 1.4.2.7 Island arcs and trench systems

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    Pages 71-75
  13. 1.4.3 The ocean-basin floor complex

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    Pages 75-76
  14. 1.4.3.2 Abyssal hills

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    Pages 77-79
  15. 1.4.3.3 Submarine plateaus

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    Pages 80-82
  16. 1.4.3.4 Seamounts

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    Pages 82-91
  17. 1.4.5 Small scale topography of the ocean floor

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    Pages 96-104
  18. 1.5 Sedimentation of the ocean bottom

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    Pages 104-113

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