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LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE,
MUNICH, AND DELHI ABOUT THIS BOOK 6
SENIOR EDITORS Peter Frances, SENIOR ART EDITOR Ina Stradins FOREWORD 8
Angeles Gavira Guerrero PROJECT ART EDITORS Peter Laws, BY FABIEN COUSTEAU
PROJECT EDITOR Rob Houston Kenny Grant, Maxine Lea, Mark Lloyd
EDITORS Rebecca Warren, DESIGNERS Francis Wong,

Miezan van Zyl, Ruth O’Rourke, Matt Schofield, Steve Knowlden

Amber Tokeley CARTOGRAPHERS Roger Bullen, INTRODUCTION
US EDITOR Christine Heilman Paul Eames, David Roberts.
INDEXERS Sue Butterworth, John Dear Iowerth Watkins OCEAN WATER 28
PROOF-READERS DTP DESIGNERS Julian Dams, THE PROPERTIES OF WATER 30
Polly Boyd, Ben Hoare Laragh Kedwell
THE CHEMISTRY OF
SEAWATER 32
SCHERMULY DESIGN COMPANY CONTENTS
TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY 34
SENIOR EDITOR Cathy Meeus DESIGNERS Dave Ball, Lee Riches,
ART EDITOR Hugh Schermuly Steve Woosnam-Savage LIGHT AND SOUND 36
EDITORS Gill Pitts, CARTOGRAPHER Sally Geeve
Paul Docherty DESIGN ASSISTANT Tom Callingham OCEAN GEOLOGY 38
PICTURE RESEARCHER Louise Thomas THE FORMATION OF
EARTH 40
ILLUSTRATORS Mick Posen (the Art Agency), John Woodcock,
John Plumer, Barry Croucher (the Art Agency), Planetary Visions THE ORIGIN OF OCEANS AND
CONTINENTS 42
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER Joanna Bull
THE EVOLUTION OF THE
MANAGING EDITORS Sarah Larter, Liz Wheeler
OCEANS 44
MANAGING ART EDITOR Philip Ormerod
TECTONICS AND THE OCEAN
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Jonathan Metcalf
FLOOR 48
ART DIRECTOR Bryn Walls
REVISED EDITION CIRCULATION AND CLIMATE 52
DK UK OCEAN WINDS 54
SENIOR EDITOR Peter Frances PRODUCER Mary Slater
SURFACE CURRENTS 58
EDITOR Lili Bryant MANAGING EDITOR
US EDITOR Jill Hamilton Angeles Gavira Guerrero UNDERWATER CIRCULATION 60
THE GLOBAL WATER CYCLE 64
SENIOR ART EDITORS MANAGING ART EDITOR
Anna Hall, Helen Spencer Michelle Baxter OCEANS AND CLIMATE 66
PRE-PRODUCTION PRODUCER EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA 68
Adam Stoneham HURRICANES AND
PUBLISHER Sarah Larter TYPHOONS 70
ART DIRECTOR Philip Ormerod
ASSOCIATE PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Liz Wheeler WAVES AND TIDES 74
PUBLISHING DIRECTOR Jonathan Metcalf OCEAN WAVES 76
TIDES 78
DK INDIA
SENIOR EDITOR Vineetha Mokkil PROJECT ART EDITOR Amit Malhotra
EDITOR Himani Khatreja DTP DESIGNER Dheeraj Singh
PICTURE RESEARCHER Aditya Katyal DTP MANAGER Balwant Singh
MANAGING EDITOR Rohan Sinha
OCEAN
MANAGING ART EDITOR Sudakshina Basu ENVIRONMENTS
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