Contributor
Rice, A. L.
Imprint:London : UCL Press, 2001.
Descriptionxviii, 300 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
Note:The Challenger Expedition: the end of an era or a new beginning? / A.L. Rice -- 'Big science' in Victorian Britain: the Challenger Expedition (1872-6) and its Report (1881-95) / Harold L. Burstyn -- Oceanographic sovereigns: Prince Albert I of Monaco and King Carlos I of Portugal / Jacqueline Carpine-Lancre -- Expedition to investigation: the work of the Discovery Committee / Rosalind Marsden -- Introduction: the exploration of the sea floor / Colin Summerhayes -- Shape as a key to understanding the geology of the oceans / A.S. Laughton -- Silent, strong and deep: the mystery of how basins fill / Dorrik A.V. Stow -- Palaeoceanography: tapping the ocean's long-term memory / Brian M. Funnell -- Hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridges / Christopher R. German -- Introduction: ocean circulation / Henry Charnock, Margaret Deacon -- Polar dreams and California sardines: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup and the study of ocean circulation prior to World War II / Robert Marc Friedman -- Direct measurement of subsurface ocean currents: a success story / W. John Gould -- Oceanography from space: past success, future challenge / T.H. Guymer, P.G. Challenor, M.A. Srokosz -- Transient tracers and tracer release experiments: new tools for the oceanographer / Andrew Watson -- The ocean ecosystem. Introduction / Tony Rice -- 'Problem children of analytical chemistry': elucidating the seasonal cycle of marine plankton production through nutrient analysis / Eric L. Mills -- Why is the sea salty? - what controls the composition of ocean water? / T. Roger S. Wilson, J. Dennis Burton -- Deep-sea biology in the 1990s: a legacy of the Challenger Expedition / P.A. Tyler, A.L. Rice, C.M. Young -- The Challenger legacy: the next twenty years / John Woods -- Postscript: the Challenger Expedition on postage stamps / A.L. Rice.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
