Christine Laverne - Georges Bronner
The passion of watercolor at the service of geology
This gallery primarily features oceanographic vessels illustrating the works Drilling Under the Pacific and Conquering the Deep Sea. Whether French, American, or even Japanese, recent or old, on site or in transit, they invite us on a journey. I've had the chance to participate in missions on some of these vessels.
How can we explain the presence of oceanic crust rocks in the French mountains? How can we decipher their long history, from their birth in the oceans, their burial at great depths, and then their rise? Brought to depths and temperatures different from those at which they were born, these rocks react to... Read more...
Vanished Oceans in the Mountains of France How is that rocks from the oceanic crust are found in French mountains ? How is their long story deciphered, from birth in the ocean basins, through burial at great depths, and then uplift into the mountains? When buried to great depths and heated at different temperatures, rocks ... Read more...
What does the subsurface of the abyss look like? What are the nature and structure of the materials that compose it? What devices have been invented to observe this immense territory, long inaccessible to geologists and geographers? This underwater Terra Incognita covers two-thirds of the Earth's surface. There is enough to stimulate... Read more...
What does the deep ocean look like? What is the sea floor made of and what structures exist there? What special tools had to be invented to study this huge area that has long been inaccessible to geologists and geographers? The submarine "terra incognita" covers two-thirds of the earth's surface and has always stimulated the ... Read more...
Through this book written in the spirit of a travellogue, the author wishes to share her passion for deep-sea drilling cruises, all the nationalities represented on board, all the jobs, all the cored samples which land on the deck of the boat, the hours spent describing these rocks, the wonderful teamwork, smiles and daily "hi's", ... Read more...
Deep ocean drilling is one of the great scientific adventures of the twentieth century, one that has contributed to understanding how our planet works and validating the plate tectonics model. Between 1979 and 2005, the drilling of the two reference sections of the oceanic crust in the Pacific Ocean has … Read more…
