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Oceanography: Find Books

This GEOL 465/565 guide was originally created by Kate Peterson (now at U of Minnesota) and has been maintained and updated by Cathy Outten and Khue Duong

Books in COAST catalog

Oceanography Subject Headings
To find books at the CSULB Library, use COAST, the Library's catalog. Use a keyword search or try one of the subject headings below:

Oceanography
Waves
Salinity
Marine Sediment

Tides
Climatology

Geomorphology
Marine Ecology
Marine Resources
Ocean Atmosphere Interaction
Marine Pollution

Ocean Engineering

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Oceanography Books

  • Environmental issues in oceanography by Daniel Abel, Robert McConnell (2nd floor GC28.A34 2002)
  • Essentials of oceanography by Harold Thurman, Alan Trujillo (2nd floor GC11.2.T49 2002)
  • Recent advances and issues in oceanography by C. Nichols et al. (2nd floor GC11.2.N53 2003)
  • Oceanography: an invitation to marine science by Tom Garrison (2nd floor GC11.2.G37 2002)
  • Oceans by Trevor Day
  • Ocean politics and policy: a reference handbook by Peter Jacques and Zachary Smith (2nd floor GC64.J33 2003)
  • Oceans 2020: science, trends, and the challenge of sustainability edited by John Field (2nd floor GC57.O29 2002)
  • World atlas of the oceans: with the general bathymetric chart of the oceans (2nd floor Map room G2800.W4413 2001)
  • Chemistry in the marine environment edited by R. Hester and R. Harrison (2nd floor GC113.C48 2000)
  • Oceans by Trevor Day (2nd floor GC11.2.D39 1999)
  • Ecological geography of the sea by Alan Longhurst (4th floor QH541.5.S3 1998)
  • Ocean circulation and climate: observing and modeling the global ocean (2nd floor GC228.5.O254 2001)
  • The oceans and rapid climate change: past, present, and future edited by D. Seidov et al. (4th floor QC884.O34 2001)

Encyclopedias and Reference books