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Naomi Oreskes-Chapter 2: Stripes on the Seafloor
File Name m00002.t5.chap2.mason.pdf
Data Type text
Computer Program Adobe Acrobat 6.0
File Size 2.43 MB - 1 file
Expert Level College and Introduction to Science
Contributor Hillary Mills
Source Oreskes 2001
Description
The second chapter in Naomi Oreskes' Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth, written by Ron Mason. He describes the material and techniques that he used that led to the discovery of a linear pattern of magnetic ocean crust, including the design and use of the first seaboard magnetometer on the USCGS ship Pioneer. He also describes how his discoveries contributed to the future advancements with magnetic anomalies and the collaboration with transform faults, mid-ocean ridges, the age of the seafloor and the eventual design of a geomagnetic timescale.
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