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Parameter Tree: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > TIDES Definition: Pertaining to the study of the periodic rise and fall of the sea surface, generated by long-wavelength waves which are caused by the interaction of gravitational force and inertia. Variables include characteristics of tides and other aspects important to their study. Reference: Adapted from: Garrison, T., 1993, Oceanography, An Invitation to Marine Science, Wadsworth Publishing Co., p. 528. Neshyba, S., 1987, Oceanography, Perspectives on a Fluid Earth, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., p. 490. |
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