Geophysics in the Affairs of Man
：A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics and Its Allied Sciences of Seismology and Oceanography
Publication subTitle ：A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics and Its Allied Sciences of Seismology and Oceanography
Author： Bates Charles C.;Gaskell Thomas F.;Rice Robert B.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781483278483
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780080240251
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780080240251
Subject： P3 Geophysics
Keyword： 天文学、地球科学
Language： ENG
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Description
Geophysics in the Affairs of Man: A Personalized History of Exploration Geophysics and its Allied Sciences of Seismology and Oceanography describes many of the key and intriguing developments which took place within several major fields of geophysics. This book is composed of nine chapters that focus on the geophysical enterprise as an interplay of technical, social, and economic factors.
After a brief overview of geophysics activity before the World War I, this book goes on the period of the so-called ""golden days"" of exploration geophysics. The succeeding chapter deals with the exploration geophysics during the global war, particularly the classical seismological activity during this time. These topics are followed by discussions of the geophysical activities from 1945 to 1960, as well as the introduction of oceanography field. Other chapters cover the interaction between geophysics and ecology, as well as OPEC during the period of 1970s and early 1980s. The final chapters consider the status and nature of geophysical exploration industry.
This book will prove useful to geophysicists, historians, and researchers in the allied fields.