Author: J. FraserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
NATURE ADRIFT. 1962
Author: J. FraserDeep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Seaward of the Limits of National Jurisdiction, Proposed U.S. Involvement in Law of the Sea Negotiations Governing Mining
Author: ICES Zooplankton Methodology Manual
Author: Roger HarrisPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080495338
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 707
Book Description
The term "zooplankton" describes the community of floating, often microscopic, animals that inhabit aquatic environments. Being near the base of the food chain, they serve as food for larger animals, such as fish. The ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Zooplankton Methodology Manual provides comprehensive coverage of modern techniques in zooplankton ecology written by a group of international experts. Chapters include sampling, acoustic and optical methods, estimation of feeding, growth, reproduction and metabolism, and up-to-date treatment of population genetics and modeling. This book will be a key reference work for marine scientists throughout the world. Sampling and experimental design Collecting zooplankton Techniques for assessing biomass and abundance Protozooplankton enumeration and biomass estimation New optical and acoustic techniques for estimating zooplankton biomass and abundance Methods for measuring zooplankton feeding, growth, reproduction and metabolism Population genetic analysis of zooplankton Modelling zooplankton dynamics This unique and comprehensive reference work will be essential reading for marine and freshwater research scientists and graduates entering the field.
The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 4, Evolution into Plate Tectonics
Author: Henry R. FrankelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110737961X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This fourth volume explains the discoveries in the mid 1960s which led to the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and how the birth of plate tectonics followed soon after with the geometrification of geology. Although plate tectonics did not explain the cause or dynamic mechanism of drifting continents, it provided a convincing kinematic explanation that continues to inspire geodynamic research to the present day.
The Continental Drift Controversy
Author: Henry R. FrankelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110701994X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
Describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geoscience.
The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 2, Paleomagnetism and Confirmation of Drift
Author: Henry R. FrankelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107377323
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This second volume provides the first extensive account of the growing paleomagnetic case for continental drift in the 1950s and the development of apparent polar wander paths that showed how the continents had changed their positions relative to one another, more or less as Wegener had proposed. Paleomagnetism offered the first physical measure that continental drift had occurred and helped determine the changing latitudes of the continents through geologic time.
The British National Bibliography
Author: Arthur James WellsPublisher:
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 1388
Book Description
The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 3, Introduction of Seafloor Spreading
Author: Henry R. FrankelPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107377331
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
The resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This third volume describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geology and geophysics. Fuelled by the Cold War, US and British workers led the way in making discoveries and forming new hypotheses, especially about the origin of oceanic ridges. When first proposed, seafloor spreading was just one of several competing hypotheses about the evolution of ocean basins.
Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism
Author: Costas B. KrimbasPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849365478
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Inversion polymorphism in Drosophila has long served as a research subject for a variety of evolutionary studies and continues to be extremely important in understanding evolutionary principles today. Until now, no single volume has ever been assembled as a summary of this work. Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism provides background information, explores new and rigorous approaches to reconstructing phylogenetic relationships from inversion variation, and discusses inversion polymorphism in the six most studied species groups. Some chapters examine general principles and conclusions, some present detailed data sets (many of which have never before been published), and others offer detailed chromosome maps for identification. The book is a one-of-a-kind source of summary discussions and data ripe for analysis. Geneticists, evolutionary biologists, biologists, and all investigators researching inversion polymorphisms should consider Drosophila Inversion Polymorphism a "must-have" volume.
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