The Oceans (textbook)

Not to be confused with Ocean or Ocean Sea (novel).
The Oceans
Front cover of first edition
AuthorHarald Sverdrup, Martin Johnson, Richard Fleming
LanguageEnglish
SubjectOceanography
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherPrentice-Hall, Inc.
Publication date
1942, 1970
Publication placeUnited States
Pagesv + 1087

The Oceans: Their Physics, Chemistry and General Biology is an oceanographic textbook by Harald Sverdrup, Martin Johnson, and Richard Fleming. Originally written in 1942, it is commonly referred to as the first oceanographic textbook and fundamental in the history of the science.

Chapters of the text outline and synthesize the sub-domains of oceanography: Biological, chemical, physical, and geological oceanography.

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