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Author:   Kenneth Jinghwa Hsü
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   4576
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.624kg
ISBN:  

9780691609331

ISBN 10:   0691609330
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   14 July 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of FiguresList of PlatesPreface to the American EditionPreface to the Chinese EditionPreface to the German EditionAcknowledgmentsPt. 1The Eve of a Revolution, 1963-1968Ch. 1Moho and Mohole3Ch. 2Ice Age and LOCO21Ch. 3The Challenger Goes to Sea: The Inauguration of Glomar Challenger35Ch. 4The Earth Science Revolution46Pt. 2The Breakthrough, 1968-1973Ch. 5A Game of Numbers75Ch. 6Atlantic and Tethys95Ch. 7Arc and Trench in the Mediterranean108Ch. 8Swallowing Up of the Ocean Floor130Ch. 9Marginal Seas146Ch. 10Hope and Frustration in Nauru162Ch. 11Hawaiian Hot-Spot184Ch. 12India's Long March198Pt. 3Exploring New Territories, 1973-1975Ch. 13Antarctic Adventures219Ch. 14Mid-Cretaceous Anoxia238Ch. 15When the Mediterranean Dried Up255Ch. 16The Black Sea Was Not Always Black274Pt. 4Seeding a New Revolution While Mopping Up, 1975-1983Ch. 17Getting Stuck in Ocean Crust299Ch. 18Eating Peanuts on Ocean Margins317Ch. 19What Makes the Ocean Run338Ch. 20The Great Dying355Epilogue384Appendix A: Deep-Sea Drilling Legs393Appendix B: Bibliographical Notes403Index409

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"""Informative, interesting, and provocative, and, as a personal history of the workings of a science, it is superb.""--Science"

Informative, interesting, and provocative, and, as a personal history of the workings of a science, it is superb. --Science

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