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Author : Robert D. Ballard
Release : 2017-03-21
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 624/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Eternal Darkness by : Robert D. Ballard
Download or read book The Eternal Darkness written by Robert D. Ballard. This book was released on 2017-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Featuring a new preface by the author."
Author : Roger Hekinian
Release : 2014-01-09
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 038/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sea Floor Exploration by : Roger Hekinian
Download or read book Sea Floor Exploration written by Roger Hekinian. This book was released on 2014-01-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author participated in 38 sea going expeditions including the first manned-submersible project to explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the past 45 years of sea floor exploration. It summarizes the mineralogical and petrological composition of sea floor rocks, ocean floor volcanism in relation to the geological setting and the discovery of hydrothermal activity. In addition to learning about various scientific missions and their objectives, the reader is introduced to rift zones where the sea floor is being created, as well as to fracture zones, intraplate volcanoes, and the structural setting of subduction zones
Author : Jeffrey A. Karson
Release : 2015-04-23
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 18X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Discovering the Deep by : Jeffrey A. Karson
Download or read book Discovering the Deep written by Jeffrey A. Karson. This book was released on 2015-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully illustrated reference providing fascinating insights into the hidden world of the seafloor using the latest deep-sea imaging.
Author : National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration
Release : 1976
Genre : Plate tectonics
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Book Synopsis Deep Sea Searches by : National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration
Download or read book Deep Sea Searches written by National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office for the International Decade of Ocean Exploration. This book was released on 1976. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Helen M Rozwadowski
Release : 2009-06-30
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 889/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fathoming the Ocean by : Helen M Rozwadowski
Download or read book Fathoming the Ocean written by Helen M Rozwadowski. This book was released on 2009-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] amiable, in-depth examination of the most critical era for the development of modern oceanography” (Publishers Weekly). In a history at once scientific and cultural, Helen Rozwadowski shows us how the Western imagination awoke to the ocean's possibilities?in maritime novels, in the popular hobby of marine biology, in the youthful sport of yachting, and in the laying of a trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. The ocean emerged as important new territory, and scientific interests intersected with those of merchant-industrialists and politicians. Rozwadowski documents the popular crazes that coincided with these interests?from children's sailor suits to the home aquarium and the surge in ocean travel. She describes how, beginning in the 1860s, oceanography moved from yachts onto the decks of oceangoing vessels, and landlubber naturalists found themselves navigating the routines of a working ship's physical and social structures. Fathoming the Ocean offers a rare and engaging look into our fascination with the deep sea and into the origins of oceanography?origins still visible in a science that focuses the efforts of physicists, chemists, geologists, biologists, and engineers on the common enterprise of understanding a vast, three-dimensional, alien space. “Rozwadowski greatly expands our own understanding, all while telling a story that is original, wide-ranging, and illuminating.” —Margaret Deacon, Southampton Oceanography Centre, author of Science and the Sea: The Origins of Oceanography “Required reading for anyone wanting to understand how the oceans have come to play the role that they do in Western knowledge.” —Eric L. Mills, Dalhousie University and author of Biological Oceanography: An Early History, 1870-1960 “Chronicles the birth of deep-sea oceanography, from early observations by Benjamin Franklin to the voyage of HMS Challenger in the 1870s. [Rozwadowski] weaves a rich narrative from the world of renowned as well as lesser-known oceanographers.” —Nature
