Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/i70wZG Sea Floor Exploration Scientific Adventures Diving into the Abyss By: Roger Hekinian Publisher: Springer Print ISBN: 9783319032023, 331903202X eText ISBN: 9783319032030, 3319032038 Copyright year: 2014 Format: EPUB Available from $ 119.00 USD SKU 9783319032030 The author participated in 38 sea going expeditions including the first manned-submersible project to explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the past 45 years of sea floor exploration. It summarizes the mineralogical and petrological composition of sea floor rocks, ocean floor volcanism in relation to the geological setting and the discovery of hydrothermal activity. In addition to learning about various scientific missions and their objectives, the reader is introduced to rift zones where the sea floor is being created, as well as to fracture zones, intraplate volcanoes, and the structural setting of subduction zones
