Understanding the oceans : a century of ocean exploration /: a century of ocean exploration. (2013)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Understanding the oceans : a century of ocean exploration /: a century of ocean exploration. (2013)
- Main Title:
- Understanding the oceans : a century of ocean exploration
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Margaret Deacon, Tony Rice, and Colin Summerhayes.
- Other Names:
- Deacon, Margaret
Rice, A. L
Summerhayes, C. P - Contents:
- The historical context. The Challenger Expedition: the end of an era or a new beginning? / A.L. Rice -- 'Big science' in Victorian Britain: the Challenger Expedition (1872-6) and its Report (1881-95) / Harold L. Burstyn -- Oceanographic sovereigns: Prince Albert I of Monaco and King Carlos I of Portugal / Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre -- Expedition to investigation: the work of the Discovery Committee / Rosalind Marsden -- Ocean basins. Introduction: the exploration of the sea floor / Colin Summerhayes -- Shape as a key to understanding the geology of the oceans / A.S. Laughton -- Silent, strong and deep: the mystery of how basins fill / Dorrik A.V. Stow -- Palaeoceanography: tapping the ocean's long-term memory / Brian M. Funnell -- Hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridges / Christopher R. German -- Ocean circulation. Introduction: ocean circulation / Henry Charnock, Margaret Deacon -- Polar dreams and California sardines: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and the study of ocean circulation prior to World War II / Robert Marc Friedman -- Direct measurement of subsurface ocean currents: a success story / W. John Gould -- Oceanography from space: past success, future challenge / T.H. Guymer, P.G. Challenor, M.A. Srokosz --Transient tracers and tracer release experiments: new tools for the oceanographer / Andrew Watson. The ocean ecosystem. Introduction / Tony Rice -- 'Problem children of analytical chemistry': elucidating the seasonal cycle of marine plankton production through nutrientThe historical context. The Challenger Expedition: the end of an era or a new beginning? / A.L. Rice -- 'Big science' in Victorian Britain: the Challenger Expedition (1872-6) and its Report (1881-95) / Harold L. Burstyn -- Oceanographic sovereigns: Prince Albert I of Monaco and King Carlos I of Portugal / Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre -- Expedition to investigation: the work of the Discovery Committee / Rosalind Marsden -- Ocean basins. Introduction: the exploration of the sea floor / Colin Summerhayes -- Shape as a key to understanding the geology of the oceans / A.S. Laughton -- Silent, strong and deep: the mystery of how basins fill / Dorrik A.V. Stow -- Palaeoceanography: tapping the ocean's long-term memory / Brian M. Funnell -- Hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridges / Christopher R. German -- Ocean circulation. Introduction: ocean circulation / Henry Charnock, Margaret Deacon -- Polar dreams and California sardines: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and the study of ocean circulation prior to World War II / Robert Marc Friedman -- Direct measurement of subsurface ocean currents: a success story / W. John Gould -- Oceanography from space: past success, future challenge / T.H. Guymer, P.G. Challenor, M.A. Srokosz --Transient tracers and tracer release experiments: new tools for the oceanographer / Andrew Watson. The ocean ecosystem. Introduction / Tony Rice -- 'Problem children of analytical chemistry': elucidating the seasonal cycle of marine plankton production through nutrient analysis / Eric L. Mills -- Why is the sea salty? -- what controls the composition of ocean water? / T. Roger S. Wilson, J. Dennis Burton -- Deep-sea biology in the 1990s: a legacy of the Challenger Expedition / P.A. Tyler, A.L. Rice, C.M. Young -- The Challenger legacy: the next twenty years / John Woods -- Postscript: the Challenger Expedition on postage stamps / A.L. Rice. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (320 pages), (4 illustrations)
- Subjects:
- 551.46
Marine sciences
Marine sciences -- History -- 20th century
Océanographie -- Histoire
Biologie marine -- Histoire
Marine sciences
Meer
Meereskunde
Aufsatzsammlung
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781134574025
1134574029 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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