An edition of Understanding the oceans
(2000)
Understanding the oceans
a century of ocean exploration
by A. L Rice, Margaret Deacon, and C. P. Summerhayes
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Oceanography, History, Marine sciences, Research, Sciences de la mer, HistoireTimes
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Table of Contents
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
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
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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