The sea ; ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas. /
general editor, M. N. Hill
- New York : Interscience Publishers, 1962-
- <14 v. in 17 > : ill. (some col.), charts (some folded), maps (some col.) ; 26-27 cm.
Vols. 1-3 edited by M.N. Hill; vol. 4 by A.E. Maxwell; vols. 5-6 by Edward D. Goldberg [et al.]; vol. 7 by Cesare Emiliani; v. 8 by Gilbert T. Rowe; v. 9 by Bernard Le Méhauté and Daniel M. Hanes; vols. 10-11 edited by Kenneth H. Brink and Allan R. Robinson; v. 12 edited by Allan R. Robinson, James J. McCarthy, Brian J. Rothschild; v. 13 edited by Allan R. Robinson and Keneth H. Brink; v. 14 edited by Allan R. Robinson and Kenneth H. Brink. Vol. 4, pts. 1-2 have imprint: New York : Wiley-Interscience; v. 5-12: New York : Wiley; v. 13-14: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press. Vols. 5-10: "A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
v. 1. Physical oceanography -- v. 2. The composition of sea-water; Comparative and descriptive oceanography. -- v. 3. The earth beneath the sea; History. -- v. 4. New concepts of sea floor; evolution.: pt. 1. General observations. pt. 2. Regional observations, concepts. -- v. 5. Marine chemistry. -- v. 6. Marine modeling. -- v. 7. The oceanic lithosphere. -- v. 8. Deep-sea biology. -- v. 9. Ocean engineering science (2 v.). -- v. 10. The global coastal ocean: processes and methods. -- v. 11. The global coastal ocean: regional studies and syntheses. -- v. 12. Biological-physical interactions in the sea. -- v. 13. The global coastal ocean : multiscale interdisciplinary processes. -- v. 14. The global coastal ocean : interdisciplinary regional studies and syntheses. pt. A. Panregional syntheses and the coasts of North and South America and Asia. pt. B. The coasts of Africa, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and polar regions.
0471633933 (set) 0471579106 (v. 4, pt. 1) 0674015266 (v. 13) 9780674015272 (v. 14, pt. A) 9780674021174 (v. 14, pt. B)