The earth beneath the sea:
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Baltimore
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1968
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| Beschreibung: | XI, 242 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
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| adam_text | Titel: The earth beneath the sea
Autor: Shepard, Francis P.
Jahr: 1968
CONTENTS
Preface ...................................................... vii
Introduction .................................................. 3
I. WAVES AND CURRENTS MODIFY THE SEA FLOOR................... 11
Significance of waves
Mechanics of wave motion
Longshore currents
Tides and tidal currents
Oceanic currents
Turbidity currents
Internal waves
II. CATASTROPHIC WAVES FROM THE SEA........................... 31
Experiences in the Hawaiian disaster of April 1, 1946
Tsunamis and their significance
A swash seventeen hundred feet high
Storm surges
III. OUR TRANSIENT BEACHES .................................... 43
Beach terminology
Beach cycles
Jetties and other works of man
Sand supply for beaches
Beach characteristics
IV. THE CONTINENTAL SHELVES THAT SURROUND THE LANDS.......... 61
Defining the shelf
Types of shelf sediment
Bottom contours
Continental shelf types
Scuba diving and future shelf studies
Shelf statistics
V. ORIGIN OF CONTINENTAL SHELVES ............................. 83
Earlier explanations
Sea-level lowering during the ice age
CONTENTS x
Methods of detecting glacial sea levels
Cause of the irregular distribution of sediment size
The shelf as modified by glacial erosion and deposition
Shelves of the preglacial world
Unfinished business
vi. the world s greatest slopes ............................... 95
Defining the continental slope
Continental slope types
Slope statistics
Origin of the continental slope
Slope preservation by landslides
VII. CANYONS OF THE SEA FLOOR................................. 115
Defining submarine canyons
Description of some well-explored submarine canyons
Origin and preservation of the canyons
Recent conclusions
VIII. THE DEEP-OCEAN FLOOR .................................... 139
History of soundings
Topographic features of the deep-sea floor defined
Floor of the Atlantic
Floor of the Pacific
Floor of the Indian Ocean
Generalizations concerning deep oceans
Sediments of the deep ocean
IX. UNDER THE OCEAN BOTTOM.................................. 171
Methods of probing by sound
Thickness of deep-ocean sediment cover
Thickness of marginal sediments
Crustal layers under the ocean
Gravity interpretations for the ocean basins
Heat rising from the ocean floor
X. CORAL REEFS AND THEIR UNDERSEA WONDERLANDS............... 185
History of exploration
The nature of coral reefs
Conditions necessary for coral reefs
xi CONTENTS
Types of reefs
Atolls
Origin of atolls
Explanation of the islands
Great Australian Barrier Reef
Origin of the Australian barrier reefs
How to enjoy a swim on a coral reef
XI. USING THE PRESENT SEA-FLOOR DEPOSITS
TO INTERPRET THE PAST .................................... 209
From armchair geology to rocking ship
Origin of sandstones
Shales and mudstones
Limestones and dolomites
Puzzling conglomerates
Glossary ..................................................... 229
Geological Time Scale .......................................... 231
Suggested Additional Reading.................................... 233
Index ....................................................... 235
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