Drill Me a Painting A Scientist's Impressions aboard an Ocean-drilling research vessel

Authors : LAVERNE Christine   Series :  Distribution ISBN :  9782758801696  Price : 25 Euros, 30 $US, 163.99 FF Publication Date :  Sep 2008 trade paperback, 240 x 220 mm, 120 p., 70 original watercolor paintings

For 20 years, geologist Christine Laverne has written her log book and illustrated it with her own watercolour paintings. This book describes the scientific, technological and humain adventures that the author experienced during seven international deep sea drilling expeditions from 1979 to 2005.

  Contents:

7 CRUISES
Hole 504B
1st cruise: Leg 70 – November – December 1979
2nd cruise: Leg 83 – November 1981 – January 1982
3rd cruise: Leg 140 – September – November 1991
4th cruise: Leg 148 – January – March 1993
Hole 1256D
5th cruise: Leg 206 – November 2002 – January 2003
6th cruise: Expedition 309 – July – August 2005
7th cruise: Expedition 312 – November – December 2005

18 FILES
Plate tectonics – 1.01
Oceanic ridges – 1.02
Morphology of submarine lavas – 1.03
The prediction of hydrothermal processes – 1.04
The discovery of hydrothermal vents – 1.05
How an oceanic hydrothermal system works – 1.06
White smokers and stockworks – 1.07
Hydrothermal fauna – 1.08
The analogues on land: ophiolites – 1.09
The new ship: the Joides Resolution – 1.10
Geophysical measurements in situ – 1.11
The fossil hydrothermal system of Hole 504B – 1.12
Seismic layers and structure of the oceanic crust – 1.13
Correlation between crustal thickness and spreading rate – 2.01
The sheeted dekie complex – 2.02
The fate of a core – 2.03
Basalts, dolerites, gabbros: a matter of cooling – 2.04
The longest holes in the oceanic crust – 2.05b
The school listens to the ocean – 2.06

This book is available in French under the title "Forages sous le Pacifique"

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