Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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Pleistocene

Earth science; Oceanography

Geological epoch preceding the Holocene, dating from approximately 10,000 - 1,800,000 years BP. This forms the lower division of the Quaternary era.

Tertiary

Earth science; Oceanography

Geological period, covering 65-2 Million years ago, representing the first (major) part of the Cenozoic era.

Glacio-fluvial

Earth science; Oceanography

Geomorphic feature whose origin is related to the processes associated with glacial meltwater.

Gases responsible for the greenhouse effect. These gases include: water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2); methane (CH4); nitrous oxide (N2O); chlorofluorocarbons (CFxClx); and tropospheric ozone ...

Rossby deformation radius

Earth science; Oceanography

Horizontal length scale of a rotating system measuring the distance over which the gravitational tendency to render a free surface flat is balanced by a tendency of the Coriolis acceleration to ...