Chapter 1. THE DUST ON HESS’S SLATE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO H. W. MENARD vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. Chapter 1. THE DUST ON HESS’S SLATE 1
7. Chapter 2. THE DREAM OF A GREAT POET 17
8. Chapter 3. I KEEP MY SHIPS AT SEA 30
9. Chapter 4. FINDING SMOOTHER PEBBLES 44
10. Chapter 5. DISCOVERY OF FRACTURE ZONES AND SEA-FLOOR PROVINCES 56
11. Chapter 6. DISCOVERY AND USE OF MYSTERIOUS MAGNETIC ANOMALIES 70
12. Chapter 7. MEANWHILE DRIFTING ASHORE 80
13. Chapter 8. DISCOVERY OF MEDIAN RIFT 94
14. Chapter 9. BLUE WATER, GREEN ROCK: THE ADMIRAL’S MANTLE 108
15. Chapter 10. OCEANIC TRENCHES 119
16. Chapter 11. THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RIDGES 132
17. Chapter 12. THE EXPANDING EARTH 142
18. Chapter 13. SEA-FLOOR SPREADING 152
19. Chapter 14. 1960 162
20. Chapter 15. 1961-1962 THE REVOLUTION BEGINS 175
21. Chapter 16. 1963-1964 INCREASING TENSION 190
22. Chapter 17. 1963-1964 MAGNETIC REVERSALS AND THE VINE-MATTHEWS HYPOTHESIS 212
23. Chapter 18. 1963-1964 CONTINENTAL DRIFT 223
24. Chapter 19. 1965 SEA-FLOOR SPREADING CONFIRMED 238
25. Chapter 20. 1966 CONVERSION OF THE INVOLVED 256
26. Chapter 21. THE OCEAN OF TRUTH 281
27. EPILOGUE 295
28. ABSTRACT OF CHRONOLOGY LOGARITHMIC SCALE 303
29. NOTES 305
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 327
31. INDEX 341
32. Backmatter 378