vbid/9783030156329

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This book provides an introduction to ocean sciences that is engaging, evocative and accessible to non-experts interested in marine geoscience, while sparking readers’ interest in important unsolved mysteries in marine science.�The scope of the book is quite broad, but focuses on the physical ocean and its geological evolution, including the author’s experiences�working as an oceanographer over the last thirty years. Across ten chapters, the book�traces the origins of the ocean from its formation 4 billion years ago, reviews the discoveries of the theory of plate tectonics, the ice ages and the great ocean conveyor, and discusses�seafloor�features (canyons, seamounts, trenches, abyssal plains, etc.), how they formed and their current environmental issues.�The book concludes with a prognosis for the future ocean we might expect with global climate change and other human impacts. �Typham this is the title: Mysterious Ocean Physical Processes and Geological Evolution