Full title: Discovering the deep : a photographic atlas of the seafloor and ocean crust / Jeffrey A. Karson, Deborah S. Kelley, Daniel J. Fornari, Michael R. Perfit, Timothy M. Shank.

Author/creator: Kelley, Deborah S, Fornari, Daniel J, Perfit, Michael R, Shank, Timothy M. (Timothy Mitchell), Karson, Jeffrey A.

Call Numbers: GQ 2015/771

Record Identifier: 74VK73zqLj0X

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 414 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm., , , , , Machine generated contents note: 1.1.First encounters / Paul J. Fox -- 1.2.Acoustic imaging / Paul J. Fox -- 1.2.1.Echo sounding / Paul J. Fox -- 1.2.2.Satellite oceanography / Paul J. Fox -- 1.2.3.Multibeam sonar / Paul J. Fox -- 1.2.4.Sidescan sonar / Paul J. Fox -- 1.3.Twentieth-century developments in deep-sea optical imaging technology / Paul J. Fox -- 1.4.Submergence vehicles / Paul J. Fox -- 1.4.1.Human-occupied vehicles / Paul J. Fox -- 1.4.2.Tethered robotic vehicles / Paul J. Fox -- 1.4.3.Autonomous underwater vehicles / Paul J. Fox -- 1.4.4.Hybrid remotely operated vehicles / Paul J. Fox -- 1.5.Seismic monitoring and imaging / Paul J. Fox -- 1.5.1.Revealing the details of crustal and upper mantle structure at MORs using multichannel seismic techniques / Paul J. Fox -- 1.5.2.Ocean-bottom seismometers / Paul J. Fox -- 1.5.3.Recording seismicity along the global MOR axis using autonomous hydrophones and the SOFAR channel / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 1.6.Ocean drilling: probing into the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 1.7.Real-time access to the ocean realm: ocean observatories / Paul J. Fox -- 1.8.Telepresence: seagoing participation and research through the Internet / Paul J. Fox -- 2.1.A new understanding of Earth and ocean history / Paul J. Fox -- 2.2.Seafloor spreading: a consequence of plate tectonics / Paul J. Fox -- 2.3.Continental drift, "geopoetry," and seafloor spreading / Paul J. Fox -- 2.4.Unveiling the oceanic lithosphere / Paul J. Fox -- 2.5.Geophysical framework of seafloor spreading / Paul J. Fox -- 2.6.Composition of the oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 2.7.Direct access to the oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 2.8.Unraveling geology on the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 2.9.Deep crustal drilling / Paul J. Fox -- 2.10.Oceanic crust and mantle on land / Paul J. Fox -- 2.11.Linking ophiolites to oceanic lithosphere / Paul J. Fox -- 2.12.Cross-pollination of data and concepts / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 3.1.Seafloor spreading: a first-order global process / Paul J. Fox -- 3.2.Magma budget: key to variability along the MOR system / Paul J. Fox -- 3.3.Diverse morphologies of spreading centers / Paul J. Fox -- 3.3.1.Fast-spreading MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 3.3.2.Slow-spreading MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 3.3.3.Intermediate-spreading MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 3.3.4.MOR segmentation / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.Components of spreading systems / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.1.Neovolcanic zone / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.2.MOR faults / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.3.Oceanic core complexes / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.4.Transform faults / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.5.Propagating rifts / Paul J. Fox -- 3.4.6.Microplates / Paul J. Fox -- 3.5.Internal structure of the oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 3.5.1.Upper crust / Paul J. Fox -- 3.5.2.Lower crust and Moho transition zone / Paul J. Fox -- 3.5.3.Upper mantle / Paul J. Fox -- 3.6.Seafloor spreading: fast and slow / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.Oases of the deep / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 4.1.1.Fluid overturn in the oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.2.The metamorphosis of seawater to hydrothermal fluids in underwater volcanoes / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.3.Formation of black smoker chimneys / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.4.Boiling fluids in and at the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.5.Gases from the deep / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.6.Impact of volcanic eruptions / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.7.Oceanic crust, tectonics, and vent diversity / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.8.Life in the extreme: microbes of the deep / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.9.Chemosynthesis and the metabolic menu / Paul J. Fox -- 4.1.10.Life in the extreme: vent fauna / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.Arctic ridges: fire and ice / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.1.Grimsey Field, north of Iceland / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.2.Trollveggen (Troll Wall) Field, Mohns Ridge / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.3.Soria Mona Field, Mohns Ridge / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.4.Lokeslottet (Lold's Castle) Field / Paul J. Fox -- 4.2.5.Arctic vent fauna / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 4.3.Menez Gwen: a shallow vent system on the MAR / Paul J. Fox -- 4.4.Lucky strike: hot-spot influenced vent systems / Paul J. Fox -- 4.4.1.Hydrothermal venting / Paul J. Fox -- 4.4.2.Animal communities / Paul J. Fox -- 4.5.Rainbow: hybrid gabbroic- and ultramafic-hosted vents / Paul J. Fox -- 4.5.1.Carbon dioxide-, hydrogen-, and methane-enriched fluids / Paul J. Fox -- 4.5.2.Animal communities / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.Lost city: a new kind of vent field / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.1.Lost City geology / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.2.An ancient field / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.3.Alkaline fluids rich in hydrocarbons / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.4.Life in high-pH systems / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.5.A rare biosphere at Lost City / Paul J. Fox -- 4.6.6.Macrofaunal communities / Paul J. Fox -- 4.7.TAG: the largest field known / Paul J. Fox -- 4.7.1.The TAG mound / Paul J. Fox -- 4.7.2.Long-lived venting / Paul J. Fox -- 4.7.3.Aggregating shrimp / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 4.8.Logatchev: ultramafic-influenced vent sites / Paul J. Fox -- 4.8.1.Hydrothermal venting / Paul J. Fox -- 4.8.2.Life in high CO2, CH4, and H2 systems / Paul J. Fox -- 4.9.South Atlantic: extreme vent temperatures / Paul J. Fox -- 4.9.1.SMAR vent fauna / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.Endeavour: one of the most remarkable places / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.1.Endeavour geology / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.2.Vent fields / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.3.Sulfide chimneys / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.4.Extinct deposits / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.5.Diking events, seismicity, and hydrothermal flow / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.6.The 1999-2000 diking event / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.7.The 2005 diking event / Paul J. Fox -- 4.10.8.First real-time monitoring of geophysical, chemical, and biological processes / Paul J. Fox -- 4.11.Axial Seamount: robust volcanism on the Juan de Fuca Ridge / Paul J. Fox -- 4.11.1.Axial Seamount eruptions / Paul J. Fox -- 4.11.2.Shallow hydrothermal vent sites / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 4.11.3.Boiling fluids / Paul J. Fox -- 4.11.4.Eruptions and biological colonization / Paul J. Fox -- 4.11.5.Wiring an active submarine volcano / Paul J. Fox -- 4.12.Guaymas Basin: venting at sedimented ridges / Paul J. Fox -- 4.12.1.Guaymas Trough and venting / Paul J. Fox -- 4.12.2.Microbial life in sedimented systems / Paul J. Fox -- 4.12.3.Fauna in hydrocarbon-rich environments / Paul J. Fox -- 4.13.East Pacific Rise: the fastest spreading center on Earth / Paul J. Fox -- 4.13.1.Evolution of fast-spreading hydrothermal systems / Paul J. Fox -- 4.13.2.Relationships between EPR hydrothermal vents and biological communities / Paul J. Fox -- 4.14.Galapagos Spreading Center: first vent discovery on a spreading center / Paul J. Fox -- 4.14.1.Vent activity / Paul J. Fox -- 4.14.2.Discovery of high-temperature vents / Paul J. Fox -- 4.14.3.Rosebud and Calyfield Vent Fields / Paul J. Fox -- 4.14.4.Uka Pacha and Pegasus Vent Fields / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 4.14.5.Tempus Fugit Vent Field / Paul J. Fox -- 4.15.Central Indian Ridge: a new biogeographic province / Paul J. Fox -- 4.15.1.Kairei Vent Field / Paul J. Fox -- 4.15.2.Edmond Vent Feld / Paul J. Fox -- 4.15.3.Kairei versus Edmond fauna / Paul J. Fox -- 5.1.Volcanoes on land and under the sea / Paul J. Fox -- 5.2.Submarine lavas / Paul J. Fox -- 5.3.Historical perspectives / Paul J. Fox -- 5.4.Direct observations of the lava units from tectonic windows and crustal drilling / Paul J. Fox -- 5.5.Seafloor volcanoes along the mid-ocean ridge / Paul J. Fox -- 5.6.Submarine lava morphologies / Paul J. Fox -- 5.7.Eruptions on the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 5.8.Mid-ocean ridge lava geochemistry and magmatic processes / Paul J. Fox -- 5.9.Compositional variability of MORB / Paul J. Fox -- 5.10.Crystals in MORB / Paul J. Fox -- 5.11.Generating MORB magma / Paul J. Fox -- 5.12.Historic submarine eruptions / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 6.1.Seafloor spreading: one meter at a time / Paul J. Fox -- 6.2.Dikes beneath the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 6.2.1.Dikes and sheeted dikes in crust formed at fast to intermediate rates / Paul J. Fox -- 6.2.2.Dikes and sheeted dikes in slow-spreading crust / Paul J. Fox -- 6.2.3.Dikes and sills at sedimented MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 6.3.Petrology and geochemistry of sheeted dike complexes / Paul J. Fox -- 6.4.Metamorphism in sheeted dikes / Paul J. Fox -- 6.5.Dikes and sheeted dike complexes on land / Paul J. Fox -- 6.5.1.General form and internal structure of dikes / Paul J. Fox -- 6.5.2.Internal structure of dike swarms and sheeted dike complexes / Paul J. Fox -- 6.5.3.Contacts: linking the lava and gabbroic units / Paul J. Fox -- 6.6.Dike intrusion along spreading centers / Paul J. Fox -- 6.6.1.Dike intrusion events in spreading environments / Paul J. Fox -- 6.7.Accretion of the upper oceanic crust from sheeted dikes / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 7.1.The foundation of the oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 7.2.Plutonic rock exposures on the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 7.2.1.Gabbros from fast to intermediate rate MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 7.2.2.Gabbros from slow-spreading MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 7.3.Deformation and metamorphism in the middle to lower oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 7.3.1.Oceanic crustal metamorphism / Paul J. Fox -- 7.3.2.Hydrothermal metamorphism / Paul J. Fox -- 7.3.3.Deformation and metamorphism in oceanic core complexes / Paul J. Fox -- 7.4.Petrology, geochemistry, and magmatic processes in oceanic gabbros / Paul J. Fox -- 7.4.1.Petrology / Paul J. Fox -- 7.4.2.Gabbro geochemistry: deciphering the chemical fingerprints of magmatic processes / Paul J. Fox -- 7.5.Gabbroic rocks in ophiolites / Paul J. Fox -- 7.5.1.Sheeted dike[—]gabbro contact in ophiolites / Paul J. Fox -- 7.5.2.Internal structure of gabbroic and related rocks in ophiolites / Paul J. Fox --, Contents note continued: 7.5.3.Geological expressions of the Moho / Paul J. Fox -- 7.6.Building the middle to lower oceanic crust / Paul J. Fox -- 8.1.Below the Moho: the oceanic mantle / Paul J. Fox -- 8.2.Mantle rocks / Paul J. Fox -- 8.3.Peridotite exposures on the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 8.3.1.Peridotites from superfast- to intermediate-rate spreading centers / Paul J. Fox -- 8.3.2.Peridotites from slow- to ultraslow-spreading MORs / Paul J. Fox -- 8.4.Serpentinization on the seafloor / Paul J. Fox -- 8.5.Peridotites in ophiolites / Paul J. Fox -- 8.6.Peridotite petrology and geochemistry / Paul J. Fox -- 8.6.1.Peridotite mineralogy and phase chemistry / Paul J. Fox -- 8.6.2.Peridotite geochemistry / Paul J. Fox -- 8.7.Evolution of the oceanic mantle lithosphere / Paul J. Fox -- 8.8.Melt generation and transport / Paul J. Fox.

Publishers: Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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