Mysteries of the Deep: How Seafloor Drilling Expeditions Revolutionized Our Understanding of Earth History

by James Lawrence Powell

A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling--a crowning achievement of the twentieth century--and how it shaped our knowledge of Earth's past.

Under the radar--or, rather, sonar--of most people and many scientists, for the last six decades ships have plied the world's oceans, mining the seafloor for its secrets--and quietly resolving confounding geological mysteries. Continental drift and plate tectonics. The origin of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262048922
• ISBN13: 9780262048927
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.1"