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Mysteries of the deep : how seafloor drilling expeditions revolutionized our understanding of earth history / James Lawrence Powell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Submarine geology.
- Oceanography.
- Ocean bottom.
- Geology--Research.
- Geology.
- oceanography.
- Physical Description:
- x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "This book tells the story of how scientific ocean drilling, a crowning achievement of science and engineering in the 20th century, transformed our understanding of Earth's history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The voyage of HMS Challenger
- Coral reefs : rainforests of the sea
- Probing the seafloor
- Nothing beats a map
- Do seafloors spread and continents drift?
- Continental drift to plate tectonics
- Hotspots in the mantle
- When the Mediterranean dried up
- The glacial theory
- The astronomical pacemaker
- Astrochronology
- Crater of doom
- The hot, deep biosphere
- The seventh continent
- Eocene doomsday
- Human evolution
- Looking back and ahead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- Mysteries of the deep
- ISBN:
- 9780262048927
- 0262048922
- OCLC:
- 1380389129
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