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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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

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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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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

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