Vanished Ocean: How Tethys Reshaped the World

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Six million years ago, a vast ocean--which scientists have named Tethys--vanished from the face of the earth. Vanished Ocean tells the fascinating story of Tethys, offering an illuminating account of the scientific evidence for the ocean's existence. World-renowned geologist and oceanographer Dorrik Stow describes the powerful forces that shaped the ocean; the marine life it once held and the rich deposits of oil that life left behind; and the impact of its currents on environment and climate. The story of ...
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Six million years ago, a vast ocean--which scientists have named Tethys--vanished from the face of the earth. Vanished Ocean tells the fascinating story of Tethys, offering an illuminating account of the scientific evidence for the ocean's existence. World-renowned geologist and oceanographer Dorrik Stow describes the powerful forces that shaped the ocean; the marine life it once held and the rich deposits of oil that life left behind; and the impact of its currents on environment and climate. The story of Tethys is also a story of extraordinary episodes such as the virtual drying up of the Mediterranean, before being filled again by a dramatic cascade of water over the straits of Gibraltar. Along the way, Stow reveals how geologists and oceanographers spent years proving the former existence of Tethys, from a remarkable series of clues locked away in rocks now exposed high up in mountain ranges and buried in sediments deep beneath today's oceans. Indeed, these myriad clues are now scattered from the depths of the Caspian Sea to the highest Himalayan peaks.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780199214297
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • Publication date: 5/4/2012
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 320
  • Sales rank: 777,056
  • Product dimensions: 5.00 (w) x 7.70 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Dorrik Stow is ECOSSE Chair of the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, in Edinburgh.

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Table of Contents

Preface
1. Tethys the Sea Goddess
2. Pangea the Supercontinent and the Birth of Tethys
3. Extinction, Evolution, and the Great Cycles of Life
4. Tethyan Fecundity in the Jurassic Seas
5. Black Death to Black Gold
6. The Greatest Flood of All Time: Rise and Fall of the Seas
7. End of an Era: The Debate Continues
8. Portrait of the Tethys Seaway
9. Closing Ocean, Rising Mountain
10. Death Throes of an Ocean
11. Epilogue: Perspective on the Future Further Reading Glossary of terms

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