Marine Biology (Castro), 9th EditionChapter 2: The Sea FloorFor Further ReadingBattersby, S., 2003. Eat your crusts. New Scientist, vol. 179, no. 2410, 30 August, pp. 30–33. Water not only forms the oceans, it may also be the key ingredient in the water planet's unique plate tectonics. Cohen, P., 2005. Journey to the centre of a quake. New Scientist, vol. 185, no. 2485, 5 February, pp. 42–45. Geologists are preparing to drill to the very heart of where earthquakes occur on the San Andreas fault. Detrick, R., 2004. The engine that drives the earth. Oceanus, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 6–12. A description of motion in the mantle by a "pro-plume" geologist. Glatzmaier, G. A. and P. Olson, 2005. Probing the geodynamo. Scientific American, vol. 292, no. 4, April, pp. 50–57. Studies of the earth's interior may soon explain why the earth's magnetic field reverses. Jones, N., 2003. Volcanic bombshell. New Scientist, vol. 177, no. 2385, 8 March, pp. 32–37. A look at the other side of the mantle plume debate. Lineweaver, C. H. and T. M. Davis, 2005. Misconceptions about the big bang. Scientific American, vol. 292, no. 3, March. Almost all of us find the idea of the big bang confusing. This article may help. The mid-ocean ridge, parts 1 & 2. Oceanus, vol. 41, nos. 1 & 2, 1998. A series of articles devoted to mid-ocean ridges, hot spots, hydrothermal vents, and related topics. Murphy, J. B. and R. D. Nance, 2004. How do supercontinents assemble? American Scientist, vol. 92, no. 4, July–August, pp. 324–333. Pangaea was only the latest in a long line of supercontinents. Normile, D. and R. A. Kerr, 2004. A sea change in ocean drilling. Oceanus, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 32–35. A description of the history and future of scientific deep-sea drilling. Cañón-Tapia, E. and G. P. Walker, 2004. Global aspects of volcanism: The perspectives of "plate tectonics" and "volcanic systems." Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 66, pp. 163–182. Jacobs, D. K., T. A. Haney, and K. D. Louie, 2004. Genes, diversity, and geologic process on the Pacific coast. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 32, pp. 601–652. Kelley, D. S., J. A. Baross, and J. R. Delaney, 2002. Volcanoes, fluids, and life at midocean ridge spreading centers. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol. 30, pp. 385–491. Lieberman, B., 2003. Paleobiogeography: The relevance of fossils to biogeography. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, vol. 34, pp. 51–69. Porbski, S. J. and R. J. Steel, 2003. Shelf margin deltas: Their stratigraphic significance and relation to deepwater sands. Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 62, nos. 3–4, pp. 283–326. http://www-odp.tamu.edu/ |  |
