Mysteries of the deep : how seafloor drilling expeditions revolutionized our understanding of earth history
Book |
The MIT Press,
Cambridge, Massachusetts :
[2024]
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 551.468 Pow | Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
About
"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"--
Details
- ISBN: 9780262048927
- Physical Description: x, 274 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
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.