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Introduction to Planet "Earth" -- Plate Tectonics and Ocean Floor -- Marine Provinces -- Marine sediments -- Water and Seawater -- Air-See Interaction -- Ocean Circulation -- Waves and Water Dynamics -- Tides -- The Coast : Beaches and Shoreline Processes -- The Coastal Ocean -- Marine Life and the Marine Environment -- Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer -- Animals of the Pelagic Environment -- Animals of the Benthic Environment -- The Oceans and Climate Change -- Appendix I : Metric and English Units Compared -- Appendix II : Geographic Locations -- Appendix III : Latitude and Longitude on Earth -- Appendix IV : A Chemical Background : Why Water Has 2 H´s and 1 O -- Appendix V : Careers in Oceanography