CHAPTER OUTLINES for OCEANOGRAPHY

Based on Trujillo and Thurman Essentials of Oceanography

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CH 1 Introduction to Planet “Earth” CH 2 Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor CH 3 Marine Provinces CH 4 Marine Sediments CH 5 Water and Seawater CH 6 Air-Sea Interactions CH 7 Ocean Circulation CH 8 Waves and Water Dynamics CH 9 Tides

CH 10 Beaches and Shoreline Processes CH 11 The Coastal Ocean CH 12 Marine Life and the Marine Environment CH 13 Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer CH 14 Animals of the Pelagic Environment CH 15 Animals of the Benthic Environment CH 16 The Oceans and Climate Change