Sunken Islands Of The Mid Pacific Mountains

Author : Edwin L. Hamilton
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813710642
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Sunken Islands of the Mid-Pacific Mountains written by Edwin L. Hamilton and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1956 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is concerned with the data and samples collected on the flat-topped seamounts. There is proof that these seamounts are an ancient chain of islands now sunk a mile deep in the Middle Pacific.

Author : Edwin L. Hamilton
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Total Pages : 0 pages
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Author : Edwin L. Hamilton
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Total Pages : 97 pages
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Download or read book Sunken Islands of the Mid-Pacific Mountain written by Edwin L. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin Lee Hamilton
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Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunken Islands of the Mid-Pacific Mountains written by Edwin Lee Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824865448
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific written by Patrick D. Nunn and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.

Author : Unni Havem Rowell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Download or read book Oceanography of the Tropical Pacific written by Unni Havem Rowell and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ocean Drilling Program
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1112 pages
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Download or read book Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program written by Ocean Drilling Program and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wolf H. Berger
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 052094254X
Total Pages : 533 pages
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Download or read book Ocean written by Wolf H. Berger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2009-05-06 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning with a brief review of the elements that define what the ocean is and how it works—from plate tectonics to the thermocline and the life within it—Wolf H. Berger places current understanding in the context of history. Essays treat such topics as beach processes and coral reefs, the great ocean currents off the East and West Coasts, the productivity of the sea, and the geologic revolution that changed all knowledge of the earth in the twentieth century.

Author : Harry Hammond Hess
Publisher : Geological Society of America
ISBN 13 : 0813711320
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Earth and Space Sciences written by Harry Hammond Hess and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry R. Frankel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521875064
Total Pages : 493 pages
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Download or read book The Continental Drift Controversy written by Henry R. Frankel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.