Hsü Challenger at Sea

A Ship That Revolutionized Earth Science
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6302-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 464 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

The famous geological research ship Glomar Challenger was a radically new instrument that revolutionized earth science in the same sense that the cyclotron revolutionized nuclear physics, and its deep-sea drilling voyages, conducted from 1968 through 1983, were some of the great scientific adventures of our time. Beginning with the vessel's first cruises, which lent support to the idea of continental drift, the Challenger played a key part in the widely publicized plate-tectonics revolution and its challenge to more conventional theories.

Originally published in 1992.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Hsü, Kenneth Jinghwa

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Plates

Preface to the American Edition

Preface to the Chinese Edition

Preface to the German Edition

Acknowledgments

Pt. 1 The Eve of a Revolution, 1963-1968

Ch. 1 Moho and Mohole 3

Ch. 2 Ice Age and LOCO 21

Ch. 3 The Challenger Goes to Sea: The Inauguration of Glomar Challenger 35

Ch. 4 The Earth Science Revolution 46

Pt. 2 The Breakthrough, 1968-1973

Ch. 5 A Game of Numbers 75

Ch. 6 Atlantic and Tethys 95

Ch. 7 Arc and Trench in the Mediterranean 108

Ch. 8 Swallowing Up of the Ocean Floor 130

Ch. 9 Marginal Seas 146

Ch. 10 Hope and Frustration in Nauru 162

Ch. 11 Hawaiian Hot-Spot 184

Ch. 12 India's Long March 198

Pt. 3 Exploring New Territories, 1973-1975

Ch. 13 Antarctic Adventures 219

Ch. 14 Mid-Cretaceous Anoxia 238

Ch. 15 When the Mediterranean Dried Up 255

Ch. 16 The Black Sea Was Not Always Black 274

Pt. 4 Seeding a New Revolution While Mopping Up, 1975-1983

Ch. 17 Getting Stuck in Ocean Crust 299

Ch. 18 Eating Peanuts on Ocean Margins 317

Ch. 19 What Makes the Ocean Run 338

Ch. 20 The Great Dying 355

Epilogue 384

Appendix A: Deep-Sea Drilling Legs 393

Appendix B: Bibliographical Notes 403

Index 409