rift zones of the world ocean

Deep-Sea Research, Vol. 26A, p. 855 Pergamon Press Ltd 1979. Printed in Great Britain BOOK REVIEW Rift zones of the World Ocean, edited by A. P. VINOGRADOVand G. B. UDINTSEV, Halsted Press, 1975, 503 pp. £24.75. THIS BOOK contains the combined geological and geophysical results of three cruises by Soviet research ships to the Indian Ocean between 1964 and 1967. It is a translation of parts 1 and 2 of a book of the same title that originally appeared in Russian: presumably further parts will eventually deal with other areas of the World Ocean. Unfortunately, the long gestation period preceding the publication of this English version of the book has largely destroyed any interest it would have had for the research worker or student in marine science. Clearly a book, half of which went to press in 1965 or early 1966 [sic], which was only published in Russian in 1972 and did not appear in English until 1975, will have long been overtaken by the rapid development of geophysics in the middle and late 1960s and can only be appreciated now as a historical document. The book is in two parts covering the results of Vityaz 36 and of Vityaz 41 and Akademik Kurchatov 2, respectively. Separate chapters deal with different types of observation, bottom relief, petrology, sediments, seismic refraction, gravity and so on. To the modern geophysicist some of the observations must seem very scant; a whole chapter is devoted to five heat flow measurements; the chapter on seismic reflection profiling does not contain a single profile. Most contributions also studiously avoid making any reference to the ideas of sea-floor spreading or plate tectonics; indeed, I could not find either phrase in the book. This is extraordinary since at the time the book was being written these new and exciting ideas were frequently being discussed and developed in the literature. The chapter on magnetic anomalies is typical. It is largely concerned with inferring the depths to the top of magnetized bodies and completely ignores the concept of sea-floor spreading. I cannot recommend this book. It has come too late. It may be of interest to the student of the history of science but any follower of the Soviet scientific scene will already have met the contents of this book in the Russian literature. Institute of Oceanographic" Sciences Wormley, Godalming Surrey, U.K. R. B. WHITMARSH 855

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Deep-Sea Research, Vol. 26A, p. 855 Pergamon Press Ltd 1979. Printed in Great Britain

BOOK REVIEW

Rift zones of the World Ocean, edited by A. P. VINOGRADOV and G. B. UDINTSEV, Halsted Press, 1975, 503 pp. £24.75.

THIS BOOK contains the combined geological and geophysical results of three cruises by Soviet research ships to the Indian Ocean between 1964 and 1967. It is a translation of parts 1 and 2 of a book of the same title that originally appeared in Russian: presumably further parts will eventually deal with other areas of the World Ocean. Unfortunately, the long gestation period preceding the publication of this English version of the book has largely destroyed any interest it would have had for the research worker or student in marine science. Clearly a book, half of which went to press in 1965 or early 1966 [sic], which was only published in Russian in 1972 and did not appear in English until 1975, will have long been overtaken by the rapid development of geophysics in the middle and late 1960s and can only be appreciated now as a historical document.

The book is in two parts covering the results of Vityaz 36 and of Vityaz 41 and Akademik Kurchatov 2, respectively. Separate chapters deal with different types of observation, bottom relief, petrology, sediments, seismic refraction, gravity and so on. To the modern geophysicist some of the observations must seem very scant; a whole chapter is devoted to five heat flow measurements; the chapter on seismic reflection profiling does not contain a single profile. Most contributions also studiously avoid making any reference to the ideas of sea-floor spreading or plate tectonics; indeed, I could not find either phrase in the book. This is extraordinary since at the time the book was being written these new and exciting ideas were frequently being discussed and developed in the literature. The chapter on magnetic anomalies is typical. It is largely concerned with inferring the depths to the top of magnetized bodies and completely ignores the concept of sea-floor spreading.

I cannot recommend this book. It has come too late. It may be of interest to the student of the history of science but any follower of the Soviet scientific scene will already have met the contents of this book in the Russian literature.

Institute of Oceanographic" Sciences Wormley, Godalming Surrey, U.K.

R. B. WHITMARSH

855

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