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Editor = "Idyll, C. P."
Title = "Exploring the Ocean World: A History of
Oceanography"
Publisher = "Thomas Y. Crowell Co."
Year = "1969"
Pages = "280"
LOC = "78-78268"
Table of contents:
1. The science of the sea - C. P. Idyll 2. The underwater landscape - Robert S. Deitz 3. Biology of the sea - Charles E. Lane 4. Physics of the sea - James B. Rucker 5. Chemistry of the sea - Neil R. Andersen 6. Food from the sea - C. P. Idyll and Hiroshi Kasahara 7. Farming the sea - C. F. Hickling 8. Mineral resources and power - Robert S. Deitz 9. Underwater archeaology - Mendel Peterson 10. Man beneath the sea - Capt. Edward L. Beach
Author = "Infeld, Eryk, and George Rowlands"
Title = "Nonlinear Waves, Solitons and Chaos"
Publisher = "Cambridge University Press, New York"
Year = "1990"
Pages = "423"
LOC = "QC 174.26 W28 I55 1990"
ISBN = "0 521 37937 7 (paperback)"
Table of contents:
1. Introduction 1,
1.1 Occurrence of nonlinear waves and instabilities in Nature 1,
1.2 Universal wave equations 6,
1.3 What is a plasma? 11,
1.4 Wave modes on a water surface 14,
1.5 Linear stability analysis and its limitations 19,
1.6 Chaos, turbulence and strange attractors 23,
1.7 Contents of chapters 2-10 26,
2. Linear waves and instabilities in infinite media 29,
2.1 Introduction 29,
2.2 Plasma waves 29,
2.3 CMA diagrams 35,
2.4 Instabilities 39,
2.5 The Vlasov equation 44,
2.6 Weak instabilities 50,
3. Convective and non-convective instabilities; group velocity
in unstable media 56,
3.1 Introduction 56,
3.2 Kinematics of unstable wave packets 58,
3.3 Moving coordinate systems 63,
3.4 Higher dimensional systems 66,
3.5 Summary 67,
4. A first look at surface waves and instabilities 68,
4.1 Introduction 68,
4.2 Simple surface waves 71,
4.3 The Rayleigh-Taylor instability 77,
4.4 The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability 79,
4.5 Solid-liquid interface instabilities 83,
4.6 A first look at gravity wave instabilities 85,
4.7 Summary 95,
5. Model equations for small amplitude waves and solitons;
weakly nonlinear theory 96,
5.1 Introduction 96,
5.2 A few model equations as derived by introducing a
small parameter 99,
5.3 Weakly nonlinear waves 108,
5.4 A general look at two families of model equations 127,
5.5 A natural extension to finite amplitude waves due to
Hayes 130,
5.6 Temporal development of instabilities and wave-wave
coupling 134,
5.7 Concluding remarks 140,
6. Exact methods for fully nonlinear waves 144,
6.1 Introduction 144,
6.2 Phase plane analysis 145,
6.3 Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal waves 158,
6.4 Lagrangian methods 168,
6.5 Lagrangian interpolation 176,
7. Cartesian solitons in one and two space dimensions 184,
7.1 Introduction 184,
7.2 The direct method 187,
7.3 Constants of motion 191,
7.4 Inverse scattering method 192,
7.5 Backlund transformations 196,
7.6 Entr'acte 198,
7.7 Breathers and boundary effects 199,
7.8 Experimental evidence 202,
7.9 Plane soliton interaction in two space dimensions 203,
7.10 Integrable equations in two space dimensions as treated
by the Zakharov-Shabat method 216,
7.11 Summary 223,
8. Evolution and stability of initially one-dimensional waves
and solitons 226,
8.1 A brief historical survey of large amplitude nonlinear
wave studies 226,
8.2 Four methods as illustrated by the Klein-Gordon equation 240,
8.3 Higher dimensional dynamics 252,
8.4 A more physical approach leading to an assessment of
models 276,
8.5 Dynamics of nonlinear wave, shock and soliton solutions
to the cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation 287,
8.6 Some general conclusions and possible future lines of
investigation 293,
9. Cylindrical and spherical solitons in plasmas and other media 298,
9.1 Interest in higher dimensional plasma solitons 298,
9.2 Unidirectional cylindrical and spherical ion acoustic
solitons 299,
9.3 Properties of unidirectional soliton equations 303,
9.4 Soliton solutions as compared with numerics and
experiments 308,
9.5 Langmuir solitons 319,
9.6 Interacting solitons and some conclusions 324,
9.7 Epilogue; some other examples of spherical and
cylindrical solitons 326,
10. Non-coherent phenomena 329,
10.1 Introduction 329,
10.2 Bifurcation sequences and chaos 338,
10.3 Flows and maps 356,
10.4 Strange attractors 361,
10.5 Effect of external noise 374,
10.6 Experimental evidence for strange attractors 375,
10.7 Other theories of turbulence 378,
10.8 Conclusions 378,
Appendix 1 - Parameter stretching as suggested by linear
dispersion relations 381,
Appendix 2 - Relation between the trace method and the inverse
scattering method 384,
Appendix 3 - Some formulae for perturbed nonlinear ion acoustic
waves and solitons 385,
Appendix 4 - Colliding soliton theory 388,
Appendix 5 - A model equations for spherical solitons 390,
References 392,
Author index 413,
Subject index 419 " }
Editor = "Ippen, Arthur T."
Title = "Estuary and Coastline Hydrodynamics"
Publisher = "McGraw-Hill, N.Y."
Year = "1966"
Pages = "744"
LOC = "65-276677"
Table of contents:
1. Small amplitude wave theory - P.S. Eagleson & R.G. Dean 1,
2. Finite amplitude waves - R.G. Dean & P.S. Eagleson 93,
3. Wave generation by wind, deep and shallow water -
C.L. Bretschneider 133,
4. Tides and harmonic analysis - R.G. Dean 197,
5. Engineering aspects of hurricane surge -
C.L. Bretschneider 231,
6. Wave refraction, diffraction and reflection -
C.L. Bretschneider 257,
7. Harbor resonance - F. Raichlen 281,
8. Interaction of structures and waves - R.G. Dean &
D.R.F. Harleman 341,
9. Coastal processes - J.W. Johnson & P.S. Eagleson 404,
10. Tidal dynamics in estuaries - A.T. Ippen &
D.R.F. Harleman 493,
11. The mechanism of an arrested salt wedge - G.H. Keulegan 546,
12. Diffusion processes in stratified flow -
D.R.F. Harleman 575,
13. Salinity intrusion in estuaries - A.T. Ippen 598,
14. Pollution in estuaries - D.R.F. Harleman 630,
15. Sedimentation in estuaries - A.T. Ippen 648,
16. Field experience in estuaries - H.B. Simmons 673,
17. Model laws for coastal and estuarine models -
G.H. Keulegan 691,
18. Tidal and salinity model practice - H.B. Simmons 711,
Author index 733,
Subject index 737 " }
Editor = "Johnstone, James"
Title = "A Study of the Oceans (2nd Ed.)"
Publisher = "Edward Arnold & Co."
Year = "1930"
Table of contents:
I. The geological history of the ocean
a. Origin of the earth
b. Tidal hypothesis
c. Planetisimal hypothesis
d. The new tidal hypothesis
e. Age of the earth
f. Subsequent history of the earth
g. Age of the earth's crust
h. History of the earth's crust
i. The earth-moon system
j. Cooling of the earth
k. Envelopes of the earth
l. The hydrosphere
m. Age of the ocean
n. The atmosphere
o. Earth features
p. Earth elevations
q. Shields
r. Earth depressions
s. Continental shelf
t. Ocean bed
u. Face of the earth
v. Antipodal regions
w. Permanence of the ocean
x. Origin of the continents
y. Earth movements
z. Isostasy
aa. Volume and depth of the ocean
II. Classical geography of the ocean
a. The ocean of Homer
b. Early scientific geography
c. Thales of Miletus
d. Hecateus
e. Herodotus
f. Aristotle
g. The Habitable World
h. Eratosthenes and the measurement of the earth
i. Posidonius
j. Strabo
k. Pliny
l. Ptolemy the astronomer
m. Classical observation
n. Latitude
o. Longitude
p. Greek measurements
q. The Itineraries and Peripli
r. Classical oceanography
III. The crossing of the ocean
a. Greek geography
b. The new road to the East
c. Marco Polo
d. Prester John
e. The medieval circumnavigation of Africa
f. Prince Henry the Navigator
g. Bartholemew Diaz
h. Vasco da Gama
i. The medieval crossing of the Atlantic
j. Geography in the time of Columbus
k. Ancient crossings of the Atlantic
l. Islands of the Atlantic
m. The Fortunate Islands
n. Columbus
o. Columbus and the variation of the compass
p. The American coast
q. Geography after Columbus
r. The finding of the Strait
s. Discovery of the Pacific
t. Magellan
u. The habitable world in 1529
v. Limits of human distribution
w. The political world in 1529
x. The Pope's line
IV. The circumpolar regions
a. The Far North
b. Cabot
c. Portuguese voyages in the 16th century
d. English voyages in the 15th century
e. John Davis
f. Baffin and Hudson
g. The North-West Passage
h. State of knowledge in the 18th century
i. The North Polar Region
j. The find of the Passage
k. The north magnetic pole
l. The North American coast
m. Franklin
n. Amundsen in 1903
o. The North-East Passage
p. Search for the Pole
q. Nansen and the "Fram"
r. Peary at the North Pole
s. The Far South
t. The Southern Continent of Ptolemy
u. The great Southern Ocean
v. The Antarctic continent
w. Scott's "Discovery" expedition
x. Physical geography of the circumpolar regions
y. Polar ice
z. The Paleocrystic Sea
aa. Life in the circumpolar regions
V. The Atlantic Ocean
a. Dimensions of the earth
b. Frames of reference
c. Navigational instruments
d. Physical geography
e. Depths of the ocean
f. Soundings
g. The shallow water zone
h. Depths of the Atlantic
i. The continental shelf and slope
j. The ocean bed
k. Materials of the ocean floor
l. Physical conditions on the ocean floor
m. Form of the Atlantic
n. Atlantic tributary seas
o. Classification of water regions
p. Epeiric seas
q. Epicontinental seas
r. Earth-folds
s. Islands of the Atlantic
t. Continental islands
u. Shelf islands
v. Epicontinental islands
w. Oceanic islands
x. The lost Atlantis
y. Cycles of civilization
z. Prehistoric civilizations
aa. The aborigines of the Fortunate Islands
bb. Geology of the Atlantic
cc. The ancient Atlantic
VI. The Pacific Ocean
a. Aborigines of the Pacific
b. Peoples of the Pacific
c. Physical geography of the Pacific
d. The American Pacific margin
e. The Asiatic margin
f. The Melanesian margin
g. The West Pacific Seas
h. Structure of the Pacific region
i. Form of the Pacific Ocean bed
j. Pacific oceanic islands
k. Coral islands
l. Coral reefs
m. Geology of the Pacific Ocean
VII. The Indian Ocean
a. Human races
b. Cycles of civilization
c. The Phoenicians
d. Phoenicians on the sea
e. The ancient circumnavigation of Africa
f. The Romans on the Indian Ocean
g. Physical geography of the Indian Ocean
h. Indian oceanic islands
i. Tributary seas of the Indian Ocean
j. Comparison of the oceans
S. Baum
Dept. of Oceanography
Texas A&M University
baum@astra.tamu.edu