Description: An excellent book. Superb diagrams. Beautifully illustrating key facts about the oceans and their development. Dr R Thompson University of Edinburgh I found the text extremely useful, clear and straight forward.A valuable introductory text which I will certainly recommend to students on my courses. Dr Devoy University College Cork Clearly provides a stimulating introduction for students proposing to specialize in oceanography. Australian Mineral Foundation Overall, as an introductory text this book is excellent - well written, concise, pretty comprehensive, logically structured, and beautiful illustrated. It is extremely up to date and covers many exciting recent discoveries (eg black smokers). It will be an almost essential purchase for all students of oceanography and for geologists and geophysicists alike: almost certainly, postgraduate students and even professionals will also find something of interest in it... In short: highly recommended. Endeavour What makes the book so exceptional are the impressive diagrams and photos. These make it easy for the reader to understand the brief descriptions of complex relationships. Due to its exceptional didactic structure and impressive graphical presentation, the book offers a quick comprehension of the material studied... The book is an important additional source of information for introductory seminars on marine sciences. Besprechungsbeleg Certainly a substantial improvement on the existing Open University texts. Excellent coverage - diagrams particularly strong - superb use of colour. Good format - best design of contents page I have seen, well indexed. AJ Grind Rod London School of Economics ...it is highly readable, well presented and informative. Marine Geology Lionel Carter

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