Worlds in shadow submerged lands in science, memory and myth / Patrick Nunn.

Author/creator Nunn, Patrick D., 1955-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2021.
Description352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 22 cm.
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SeriesBloomsbury sigma
Bloomsbury sigma series. ^A1334191
Contents Introduction -- Worlds in shadow -- Recently drowned lands -- At the nexus of science and memory -- Red herrings -- Hidden depths -- Deep in shadow -- Earth's watery shroud -- 'The island tilts ... the tourists go mad' -- Falling apart -- 'Huge and mighty hilles of water' -- Volcanic islands -- Slipping into the shadows -- Out of the shadows.
Abstract The traces of much of human history - and that which preceded it - lie beneath the ocean surface. This is fertile ground for speculation, even myth-making, but also a topic on which geologists and climatologists have increasingly focused on in recent decades. This is the first book to present the science of submergence in a popular format. Patrick Nunn sifts the fact from the fiction, using the most up-to-date research to work out which submerged places may have actually existed versus those that probably only exist in myth.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other formEbook version : 9781472983497
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020479484
ISBN9781472983473 (hardback)
ISBN1472983475 (hardback)
ISBN(ePub ebook)
ISBN9781472983480
ISBN1472983483

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