*Kump, Lee R., James F. Kasting, Robert C. Crane. 2004. The Earth System, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall: NJ

*Wright, Richard T., and Bernard J. Nebel. 2002. Environmental Science, 8th Edition. Prentice Hall: NJ

Reference for: Chapter 14, Figure 14-12

Vernadsky, Vladimir. 1998. The Biosphere. Translated from Russian, 1926. Springer-Verlag: NY

Vernadsky recognized the connections between life and Earth decades before this view became widely accepted by scientists. Largely unknown outside Russia, this volume makes his work available to English-speaking audiences for the first time.

*Dictionary of Earth Science, 2nd Edition. 2003. McGraw-Hill: NY

These books make excellent desk references for quick vocabulary lookup.

Chelton, D. B., J. C. Ries, B. J. Haines, L.-L. Fu, and P. S. Callahan. 2001. Satellite altimetry. In: Satellite Altimetry and Earth Sciences. L.-L. Fu and A. Cazenave, eds., Academic Press: CA. pp 1-131.

Reference for: Chapter 9, Geostrophic Flow: The Hill in the Gyre