| Contents |
Introduction -- The voyage of HMS Challenger -- Coral reefs : rainforests of the sea -- Probing the seafloor -- Nothing beats a map -- Do seafloors spread and continents drift? -- Continental drift to plate tectonics -- Hotspots in the mantle -- When the Mediterranean dried up -- The glacial theory -- The astronomical pacemaker -- Astrochronology -- Crater of doom -- The hot, deep biosphere -- The seventh continent -- Eocene doomsday -- Human evolution -- Looking back and ahead. |
| Abstract |
"This book tells the story of how scientific ocean drilling, a crowning achievement of science and engineering in the 20th century, transformed our understanding of Earth's history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Powell, James Lawrence, 1936- Mysteries of the deep Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2024 9780262378208 |
| LCCN | 2023017995 |
| ISBN | 9780262048927 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0262048922 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic book |
