Geophysics in the affairs of man [electronic resource] : a personalized history of exploration geophysics and its allied sciences of seismology and oceanography / Charles C. Bates, Thomas F. Gaskell, and Robert B. Rice.
Geophysics in the Affairs of Man describes how geophysics has affected human affairs, with emphasis on the geophysical enterprise as an interplay of technical, social, and economic factors. Many of the key and intriguing developments that took place within several major fields of geophysics are divi...
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1982.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Geophysics in the Affairs of Man; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Conversion Factors; Prologue; Chapter 1. Some Antecedents to the Modern-day Profession of Geophysics Through World War I; Diffusing Geophysical Knowledge; Geophysical Forbearers Prior to the 19th Century; A Brief Overview of Earth Physics
- 1800 to 1919; Artillery Location by Acoustic and Seismic Means; Oceanography Simultaneously Becomes a Science and a Technology; Chapter 2. Geophysics Comes of Age
- The Roaring Twenties and the Depressing Thirties; The Golden Days of Exploration Geophysics.
- The Appearance of Electrical Well LoggingClassical Seismology Strikes Out on Its Own; The Rebirth of Extensive Océanographie Endeavors; Chapter 3. Geophysicists at War -1939-1945; Exploration Geophysics During a Time of Global War; Classical Seismology During the War Years; Geophysical Detection of Enemy Artillery; Influence Mines in Naval Warfare
- A New Application of Geophysical Sensors; Geophysical Aspects of Undersea Warfare; Chapter 4. Reversion to Peacetime, 1945-1950; A Time of Transition; Exploration Geophysics Bounces Back; Classical Seismology Stays Much the Same.
- The Opening of the Canadian ArcticOceanography Comes of Age; Chapter 5. The 1950s
- A Burgeoning Era of Geophysics; A Short Overview of the Decade; Correcting the Manpower Shortage in Exploration Geophysics; The Geophysical Industry Grapples with Managerial and Technical Problems; The Advent of Magnetic Recording and Electronic Data Processing; Non-dynamite Energy Sources for Seismic Exploration; A Seismic Search for St. Peter's Tomb; Project Magnet
- A Global Airborne Survey of the Earth's Magnetic Field; Should there be a Nuclear Test Ban?; The Berkner Panel on Seismic Improvement.
- Meteorological Fallout from Escalating Nuclear Test ProgramsThe International Geophysical Year; Laying the Foundation for Earth-oriented Satellites; Military Oceanography Thrives During Peacetime
- Geophysical Research Penetrates the Polar Basin; The Oceanographers also Prefer Large-scale Projects; Chapter 6. Science in Government and Government in Science
- the 1960s; The Exuberant 1960s; Bad News and Good News for the Geophysical Industry; The Geophysical Industry Shifts to Digital Recording and Processing; The Search for Appropriate Underground Nuclear Test Ban Language.
- Project Vela Uniform
- A Potential Solution to the Treaty Language ProblemCreation of a Modern Global Seismological Network; Vela Uniform's Research Program; Are Bigger and Better Seismic Arrays the Route to Go?; Tabor Pluto
- The British Equivalent to Vela Uniform; Research Explosions and Their Impact; International Seismology with a Neutralist Flavor; The Substitution of Plate Tectonics for Continental Drift; Project Mohole Loses Out to the Deep Sea Drilling Project; A Decade of Ocean Politics and Ocean Policy; Earth-oriented Satellites at Last.
- Chapter 7. Geophysics Interacts with the Environmentalists and OPEC
- the 1970s and the Early 1980s.