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    Mediterranean Sea, as the tides there are relatively small, and the areas that experience tides do so unreliably. A number of theories were advanced, however...
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    semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven...
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    theory for tides". Oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2 June 2012. "Dynamic Theory of Tides". "Dynamic Tides – In contrast to "static" theory, the dynamic theory...
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    account of the cause of tides, however, his theory was a failure.[citation needed] If this theory were correct, there would be only one high tide per day...
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  • earth tides and ocean tides is the same, the responses are quite different. The larger of the periodic gravitational forces is from the Moon but that of the...
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  • that are mostly or entirely underwater, and specifically under the surface of an ocean. If originated from current tectonic forces, they are often referred...
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  • debut Empire Theory in 2009. Then in 2010, Tides of Man released their follow up to 2009's debut with Dreamhouse. Shortly after the release of Dreamhouse...
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    analysis based on the principal tide-generating frequencies as shown by the global theory of tides and the underlying lunar theory. Development and improvement...
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    Galileo went on to propose a theory of tides in 1616, and of comets in 1619; he argued that the tides were evidence for the motion of the Earth. In 1632, Galileo...
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    Cotidal line (category Tides)
    University Press. 2006-01-01. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198608912.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-860891-2. Zavatarelli, Marco. "Dynamic theory of tides" (PDF). v t e...
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    shoreface — above wave base Lower shoreface — below wave base Airy wave theory Dispersion (water waves) Waves and shallow water R. G. Dean & R. A. Dalrymple...
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    George Ridsdale Goldsbrough (category Fellows of the Royal Society)
    R. A. Sampson suggested that Goldsbrough should do research on the theory of tides and gravitational astronomy. During the First World War, he worked...
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    the tides. He explained the tides when the Moon is below the horizon as reflections from the celestial sphere. Two theories coexisted, the idea of light...
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    English Channel (category Bodies of water of the North Sea)
    Encyclopedia including Atlas. 2005. Thompson, LuAnne. "Tide Dynamics – Dynamic Theory of Tides" (PDF). University of Washington. Archived (PDF) from the original...
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  • the tides William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, postulated on tide theory Galilean relativity Seleucus of Seleucia Gigli, Rosella. "Galileo's Theory of the...
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    treatise on the theory of tides which was only partly published posthumously. He examined tidal theory and especially the dynamics of Amphidromic points...
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    Stéphane; Tokieda, Tadashi (eds.), "Investigations of Tides from the Antiquity to Laplace", Tides in Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 861, Berlin, Heidelberg:...
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    travel back to the mouth of the bay coincides with the tidal rhythm producing the world's highest tides. As the surface tide oscillates over topography...
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    Bahama Banks (category Undersea banks of the Atlantic Ocean)
    Bahama Banks are the submerged carbonate platforms located in the archipelago of The Bahamas within the Lucayan Archipelago. The term is usually applied in...
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    A list of active and extinct submarine volcanoes and seamounts located under the world's oceans. There are estimated to be 40,000 to 55,000 seamounts in...
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    Lucio Russo (category Academic staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata)
    works, and the proof of heliocentrism attributed by Plutarch to Seleucus of Seleucia and studied the history of theories of tides, from the Hellenistic...
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    Thomas Young (scientist) (category Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Medical School)
    on the theory of tides paralleling that of Laplace and anticipating more well-known work by Airy. Young's equation describes the contact angle of a liquid...
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  • Tides in marginal seas are tides affected by their location in semi-enclosed areas along the margins of continents and differ from tides in the open oceans...
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  • Australia, where the amplitudes of the main semi-diurnal tide constituents are almost identical. At neap tides the semi-diurnal tide is virtually absent, resulting...
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    A theory of everything (TOE), final theory, ultimate theory, unified field theory, or master theory is a singular, all-encompassing, coherent theoretical...
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  • Atmospheric tides are global-scale periodic oscillations of the atmosphere. In many ways they are analogous to ocean tides. They can be excited by: The...
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    gravitational pull of the sun and moon. A tidal cycle is usually about 25 hours and consists of two high tides and two low tides. Tide pool habitats are...
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    oceanic plateaus in the world, covering an area of 18,486,600 km2 (7,137,700 sq mi) or about 5.11% of the oceans. The South Pacific region around Australia...
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  • with the spring season). Tides of maximum height and depression produced during this period are known as spring tide. Spring tides that coincide with the...
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    Amphidromic point (category Tides)
    half hours, but the amplitude of the tides on their coasts is in some places large. Kelvin wave Tides Theory of tides Picture credit: R. Ray, TOPEX/Poseidon:...
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