In this Book
- Challenger at Sea: A Ship That Revolutionized Earth Science
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: 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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Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- pp. ix-xii
- List of Plates
- pp. xiii-xiv
- Preface to the American Edition
- pp. xv-xx
- Preface to the Chinese Edition
- pp. xxi-xxiv
- Preface to the German Edition
- pp. xxv-xxvii
- Acknowledgments
- p. xxiv
- 1. Moho and Mohole
- pp. 5-22
- 2. Ice Age and LOCO
- pp. 23-36
- 3. The Challenger Goes to Sea
- pp. 37-47
- 4. The Earth Science Revolution
- pp. 48-74
- Part 2 The Breakthrough, 1968-1973
- pp. 75-76
- 5. A Game of Numbers
- pp. 77-96
- 6. Atlantic and Tethys
- pp. 97-109
- 7. Arc and Trench in the Mediterranean
- pp. 110-131
- 8. Swallowing Up of the Ocean Floor
- pp. 132-147
- 9. Marginal Seas
- pp. 148-163
- 10. Hope and Frustration in Nauru
- pp. 164-185
- 11. Hawaiian Hot-Spot
- pp. 186-199
- 12. India's Long March
- pp. 200-218
- Part 3 Exploring New Territories, 1973-1975
- pp. 219-220
- 13. Antarctic Adventures
- pp. 221-239
- 14. Mid-Cretaceous Anoxia
- pp. 240-256
- 15. When the Mediterranean Dried Up
- pp. 257-275
- 16. The Black Sea Was Not Always Black
- pp. 276-312
- 17. Getting Stuck in Ocean Crust
- pp. 315-332
- 18. Eating Peanuts on Ocean Margins
- pp. 333-353
- 19. What Makes the Ocean Run
- pp. 354-370
- 20. The Great Dying
- pp. 371-399
- Appendix A Deep-Sea Drilling Legs
- pp. 409-418
- Appendix B Bibliographical Notes
- pp. 419-424