Index

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A

age of the tide  6–7, 31–32

amphidromic systems  30–1, 60–62

Atlantic Ocean  30, 116–118

B

Bay of Fundy  3, 10–11, 55, 68–69, 73, 80

bores, tidal, the sound they make  72–73

C

Chesapeake Bay  55

continental shelves  50, 94, 98, 116–119

D

deep-sea ecosystems  116–120

diurnal tides  8–10, 22, 43, 54–55, 60–1, 68–69

double high and low waters  63–64

E

Earth

rotation effect on tides  28–31, 59–62

tides in the solid body of the  1, 20, 93, 130, 132

energy from the tide  3, 80, 113–115

equilibrium tide  20–22, 31, 43–44

estuary tides  3, 37–8, 62–63, 65, 108–114

F

friction

between tidal currents and the seabed  31–32, 57, 59, 62, 84, 86–88, 111

effect on Earth rotation  84, 125–129

Froude number  70

G

Gulf of Carpentaria  60–1, 81

H

harmonics of the tide  4, 7–8, 41–49, 63–64

heat storage  4, 93–97, 101–102

I

internal tides  81, 88–93

surface expressions  91

and deep-sea ecosystems  116–120

intertidal environment  11–13, 120–125

J

Juneau, Alaska  4, 6, 43

Jupiter’s moons  129–132

M

maelstroms   10 , 99–100

Mediterranean Sea  3, 35

Moon, the  1, 4–11, 16, 42–44, 85

history  125–129

Mozambique, a small tidal power plant in  114–115

N

North Sea  2, 15, 90

O

ocean thermohaline circulation  93–97

P

pressure gradient force   10 , 27–28, 50–51, 59, 82

progressive waves  50–52

Q

Qiantang River Bore  75

R

resonance  25–28, 31, 54–59, 127–128

S

seabirds  41

semi-diurnal tides  4, 9–10, 13–14, 29, 42–43, 54–55, 68–69, 114, 120

South Australia  55–59

spring and neap tides  6, 21–22, 40

standing waves  52–54

T

tidal

analysis  41–49

constants  43–4, 46–47

datum  34–35

diamonds  39–40, 88

effects on the weather  103

mixing  4, 80, 93, 96–98, 118, 125

prediction  4, 45–49, 63, 78–79

races  82–83

rhythms  4–11, 23, 120

tidal currents  1, 10, 39–40, 79, 84

in shallow water  38–39

measurement  36–41

vertical variation  38

tide-generating force  17–20, 50, 63, 91

tide-predicting machines  48–49

tides

and sunlight  120–125

due to the Moon and Sun  19–20

early ideas about  16

in the early ocean  116, 125

U

Ungava Bay, Canada  10–11

W

weather effects on the tide  14–15

whelps  72

whirlpools  99–100