Oceanography Intro Lecture

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Contemporary Oceanography Makes Use of Modern Oceanography

• What advances in oceanic exploration occurred in the twentieth
• century?
• Polar Exploration - explorers reached both the North and South poles in the twentieth century
• The Meteor Expedition - the first expedition to use modern optical and electronic equipment for oceanographic investigation
• The Atlantis - investigations by scientists on this research vessel confirmed the presence of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
• The Trieste - a blimp-like bathyscaphe which descended into the Challenger Deep area of the Mariana Trench
• Glomar Challenger - samples obtained by scientists on this drilling ship provided confirming evidence for seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.