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Description:
Author(s):
Shepard, Francis P. (Francis Parker), 1897-1985
Title:
The earth beneath the sea / by Francis P. Shepard.
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
[Baltimore, Md.] : Johns Hopkins Press, 1967.
Physical Description:
xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Formatted Contents Note:
Waves and currents modify the sea floor -- Catastrophic waves from the sea -- Our transient beaches -- The continental shelves that surround the lands -- Origin of continental shelves -- The world's greatest slopes -- Canyons of the sea floor -- The deep-ocean floor -- Under the ocean bottom -- Coral reefs and their undersea wonderlands -- Using the present sea-floor deposits to interpret the past.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234) glossary, geological time scale, and index.
Topical Term:
Submarine geology.
Ocean bottom.
Continental shelf.
Continental slopes.
Coral reefs and islands.
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Seattle Regional Library, Seattle, WA | STACKS | QE39 .S54 1967 | BOOK | 1
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| Great Lakes Environmental Res. Lab. Library, Ann Arbor, MI | STACKS | QE39 .S54 1967 | BOOK | 1
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| SWFSC La Jolla Laboratory Library, La Jolla, CA | STACKS | QE39 .S54 | BOOK | 1
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| Cooperative Oxford Laboratory Library, Oxford, MD | STACKS | GC83 .S96 | BOOK | 1
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