Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Planet “Earth”
Chapter 2. Plate Tectonics and the Ocean Floor
Chapter 3. Marine Provinces
Chapter 4. Marine Sediments
Chapter 5. Water and Seawater
Chapter 6. Air–Sea Interaction
Chapter 7. Ocean Circulation
Chapter 8. Waves and Water Dynamics
Chapter 9. Tides
Chapter 10. The Coast: Beaches and Shoreline Processes
Chapter 11. The Coastal Ocean
Chapter 12. Marine Life and the Marine Environment
Chapter 13. Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer
Chapter 14. Animals of the Pelagic Environment
Chapter 15. Animals of the Benthic Environment
Chapter 16. The Oceans and Climate Change