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World atlas of the oceans, with the General bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO) published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, published by Manfred Leier

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World atlas of the oceans, with the General bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO) published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service, published by Manfred Leier

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eng

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World atlas of the oceans

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36639149004634

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published by Manfred Leier

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with the General bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO) published by the Canadian Hydrographic Service

Table Of Contents

How the oceans were formed -- The oceans : the sea floor in relief -- Historical maps of the world -- [The ocean as a habitat and a commercial area]. Home to remarkable creatures ; Predatory fish in the deep seas ; Sea lions, fish, and crustaceans ; Migratory movements of the whales ; Ocean currents ; The layers of the oceans ; The driving force of the sun ; When air and sea clash ; What causes the tides ; Life between land and sea ; The long travels of an iceberg ; Earth plates and volcanic chains ; Sea freight ; Straits : the eye of the needle ; The lifelines of sea trade ; The North Sea : Europe's turntable ; A little sea with a great future [Baltic Sea] ; Transit traffic on the Mediterranean ; The Atlantic : bridge to the new world ; New terminal centers in the Pacific ; Sunken ships and treasure ; For whom the bell tolls [sea disasters of the 20th century] ; Food from the sea ; International fishing ; Giant pumps on the high seas ; Crude oil : the gold of the seas ; Atlantic and Alaskan oil deposits ; Mineral resources under the sea ; The Arctic Ocean and its perpetual ice ; Antarctica : the white continent ; A garden of Eden in the sea [coral reefs] ; Sun, sea, and white beaches ; Endangered marine life ; How the oceans are polluted ; Surveying the seas -- Bathymetric charts : the individual oceans and basins. [The Atlantic Ocean] -- [The Pacific Ocean] -- [The Indian Ocean] -- The Arctic and the Antarctic : land masses and sea basins at the Poles -- The Mediterranean : individual basins and their water depths -- The North Sea and the Baltic : the shallow border seas of the Atlantic

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