Mysteries of the Deep
By James Lawrence Powell
By James Lawrence Powell
By James Lawrence Powell
By James Lawrence Powell
Category: Science & Technology
Category: Science & Technology
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$32.95
Mar 05, 2024 | ISBN 9780262048927
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Feb 20, 2024 | ISBN 9780262378208
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Table Of Contents
Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 The Voyage of HMS Challenger 7
3 Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea 23
4 Probing the Seafloor 33
5 Nothing Beats a Map 53
6 Do Seafloors Spread and Continents Drift? 65
7 Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics 77
8 Hotspots in the Mantle 97
9 When the Mediterranean Dried Up 113
10 The Glacial Theory 129
11 The Astronomical Pacemaker 143
12 Astrochronology 157
13 Crater of Doom 171
14 The Hot, Deep Biosphere 187
15 The Seventh Continent 199
16 Eocene Doomsday 209
17 Human Evolution 219
18 Looking Back and Ahead 231
Appendix: Vessels and Programs 239
Acknowledgments 241
Notes 243
Index 263
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