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Description
Title page to Die Tiefenverhaltnisse des Offenen Atlantischen Ozeans 1935. ByTheodor Stocks and George Wust. This work was an analysis of the bathymetry ofthe METEOR cruise showing the most detailed morphological information of theseafloor ever attained up to that time. It clearly showed the nature of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and led eventually to the discovery of the median valley.
Credit
NOAA Central Library Historical Collection
Collection
Voyage to Inner Space
History of Oceanography Collection
Bathymetric Maps Collection
Keywords
Exploration
Maps