Product Description

Completely revised and updated for its second edition, this volume belongs to the Open University series on oceanography. It is designed so that it can be read on its own or studied as part of the Open University third-level course, S330 Oceanography.



The book begins by describing the characteristics of waves and tides, and their behaviour in shallow water. After outlining the sources of sediment supply to the oceans, some theoretical aspects of sediment movement and deposition by currents are considered. After looking at wave action in the littoral zone, the interplay of tidal currents, river flow and wave action in estuaries and deltas are explored. The final chapter provides an overview of shelf processes.

This is a vital book for all oceanography undergraduate students worldwide.



Easy to use question and answer format
Full colour illustrations throughout
35-40% revised and extended from 1st edition

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65869 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-20
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 228 pages

Review
'Waves Tides and Shallow Water Processes is a superb text for explaining clearly the complicated processes of geophysical fluid dynamics.'
Dr David L Porter, John Hopkins University

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Customer Reviews

Technical but informative
Having read this book for the OU course it was compulsory! Like all OU books it takes you through the theory and explains things in laymans terms.
The questions aren't always easy but its not a particularly easy subject. Ideal if you want to go to University to study Oceanography & you want an idea of what you are in for!

University textbook
Set textbook for marine biology degree course - pity that all such textbooks are so expensive, but at least Amazon had it in stock, unlike our local booksllers!