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Oceanography

Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.

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Oceanography

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related to Sources and further reading · 49
Oceanography → Academic Press, Alison, Alyn, Atmospheric, Boling Guo, California, Cold War, Culture, Daiwen Huang, Disciples, Duke University Press, Duxbury, Easter Ellen Cupp, Encyclopedia, Eric Paul, Fundamentals, History, Ian, Infinite-Dimensional Dynamical Systems, ISBN
related to External links · 46
Oceanography → Archive Center, Archived, Atlas, Baum, BBC/Open University, BBCMemorial, Bottom, British Oceanographic Data Centre, DAAC, Deep Deep Sea' Oceanography, Department, Earth, Freeview Video, Glossary, Hess, In Our Time, Inspiring Education, InvestigAdHoc, Marine SciencesCFOO, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
related to Oceanographic institutions · 43
Oceanography → AIMS, Arago Laboratory, Atlantic, Australian Institute, Banyuls-sur-mer, Bergen, Biological Station, Columbia University, Doherty Earth Observatory, Exploration, France, Germany, In, In Australia, International Council, International Hydrographic Bureau, International Hydrographic Organization, Italy, Kiel, Laboratory
related to Modern oceanography · 25
Oceanography → Africa, Almost, Around, As, British Government, Challenger, Charles Wyville Thomson, Edinburgh, Exploring Voyage, He, In, Knowledge, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Murray, On, Report Of The Scientific, Results, Royal Navy, Royal Society, Sir John Murray
see also · 19
Oceanography → Act, Anoxic, Archaeological, Areas, Earth's, Engineering, Extraction, Field, Geographical, Hierarchical, Historic, Installation, International, Map, Oceans, Seabed, Study, Type, US
is a · 3
Oceanography → study of the chemistry of the ocean, study of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics and paleoceanography, study of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics and paleoceanography.Physical oceanographyPhysical oceanography studies the ocean's physical attributes includi…
related to Chemical oceanography · 3
Oceanography → Chemical, The, Whereas
related to Paleoceanography · 2
Oceanography → Paleoceanographic, Paleoceanography
related to Physical oceanography · 2
Oceanography → Physical, The
related to Biological oceanography · 1
Oceanography → Biological

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ocean currents marine sea oceans first oceanographic atlantic scientific study science chemistry physical current research geology temperature expedition data including

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Oceanographyis astudy of the chemistry of the ocean0.90text
Oceanographyis astudy of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics and paleoceanography.Physical oceanographyPhysical oceanography studies the ocean's physical attributes includi…0.90text
Oceanographyis astudy of the geology of the ocean floor including plate tectonics and paleoceanography0.90text
Oceanographyrelated to Biological oceanographyBiological0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to BranchesThe0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to Chemical oceanographyChemical0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to Chemical oceanographyWhereas0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to Chemical oceanographyThe0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to External linksNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to External linksPhysical Oceanography Distributed Active0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to External linksArchive Center0.60section
Oceanographyrelated to External linksPO0.60section

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