| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 164 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
| Series |
2010 Springer E-Books
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| Contents |
1: Introduction; 1.1 How far Ireland reaches and why?; 1.2 The Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS); 1.3 Seabed Features; 2: INSS Data Processing; 3: The Irish Seabed; 4: Below the Irish Seabed; Bibliography; 5: On the Irish Seabed; 6: Above the Irish Seabed; Bibliography; 7: Canyons and Channels; 7.1 Identification; 7.2 Distribution; Bibliography; 8: Seamounts; 8.1 Identification; 8.2 Distribution; Bibliography; 9: Escarpments; 9.1 Identification; 9.2 Distribution; Bibliography; 10: Mound Features and Coral Carbonate Mounds; 10.1 Identification; 10.2 Distribution; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Presented in an accessible, user-friendly format, this atlas sets out all the major features revealed during one of the largest ever deep-sea mapping campaigns. A unique insight into the morphology of the seabed along the continental margin of the North-East Atlantic, it reveals for the first time many features that have hitherto been hidden beneath the waves. It is organised both thematically and by region, with the sea floor and its biological hotspots - areas of high biodiversity such as seamounts - shown at a resolution not possible before. The atlas presents everything from submarine cany |
| Analysis |
oceanografie |
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oceanography |
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zoetwaterecologie |
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freshwater ecology |
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fysische geografie |
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physical geography |
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aardwetenschappen |
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earth sciences |
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mariene biologie |
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marine biology |
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Geology (General) |
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Geologie (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ocean bottom -- Ireland -- Atlases
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Ocean bottom
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Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
atlases.
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Atlases
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Scientific atlases
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Atlases.
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Atlas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dorschel, Boris
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| ISBN |
9789048193769 |
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9048193761 |
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1283002248 |
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9781283002240 |
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9786613002242 |
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6613002240 |
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