tide: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Accessible treatments of tides can be found in John Wright, Angela Colling, and Dave Park, Waves, Tides, and Shallow-Water Processes, 2nd rev. ed. (1999, reprinted 2008); and M. Grant Gross and Elizabeth Gross, Oceanography: A View of the Earth, 7th ed. (1996).
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Ronald A.R. Tricker
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Claudia Cenedese
Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
- Pier Groen
- Arnold L. Gordon
Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors
Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Tides. | Oct 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Roger Williams University Open Publishing - Introduction to Oceanography - Tides. | Mar 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Nature Physics - Evidence for lunar tide effects in Earths plasmasphere. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Tides. | May 30, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - Exploring Our Fluid Earth - Tides. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Time and tide. | Oct 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: SciJinks - What Causes Tides? | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Openstax - Astronomy - 4.6 Ocean Tides and the Moon. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Tidal Forces. | Aug 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Tides. | Sep 26, 2022 | ||
| Removed media. | Aug 12, 2021 | ||
| Added video about tides. | Dec 03, 2015 | ||
| Added video. | Jan 23, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Education - Cause and Effect: Tides. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: One Geology - Kids - Tide. | Jun 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hyperphysics - Tide. | Feb 12, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Tide. | Jan 06, 2013 | ||
| Article restructured. | Sep 27, 2011 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Sep 14, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Tide. | Feb 08, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What Causes Tides. | Feb 08, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Tides. | Apr 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Office of Naval Research - Ocean in Motion: Tides - Characteristics. | May 18, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 05, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Tennessee - Astronomy 161: The Solar System. | Jun 30, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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