Atlantis: Atlantology: Basic Problems

by N Zhirov

Overview

A Soviet scientist examines geology, climate, oceanography and attempts reconstruction of Atlantis. Illustrated with maps, charts, tables, illustrations, seismic data, sonar images, etc.

The fascinating age-old riddle of the legendary continent of Atlantis is a challenge to any investigator for it would be hard to name a problem of longer standing or one that has given rise to sharper controversies and differences of views and opinions. Some investigators have rejected it as a key to an ancient riddle throwing light on many aspects of human history and civilization. Thousands of books and papers have been devoted to the thrilling problem of Atlantis, and a new scientific trend, atlantology, studying Atlantis has emerged.

Atlantology cannot advance without the aid of geomorphology and marine geology, which are relatively new spheres of human knowledge. Indeed, the problems linked up with Atlantis can be approached successfully only by drawing upon the latest achievements of world science in the study of the geological structure and relief of the ocean bed, only in the light of the new ideas about the youth and active development of oceans.

The author believes that Atlantis existed and uses a great number of facts to back up his arguments. His work sums up much on what we know about atlantology. This book will unquestionably serve as the basis for elaborating on many aspects of one of the world's most dramatic problems.

Zhirov was a chemist by trade and a leading Soviet Atlantologist. The book was written between 1959-63. New data was added for this English edition. Seismics, gravimetrics, climatology, paleobotanical data, geomorphology, plate tectonics, turbidity data, bottom current patterns, submarine erosion and geological data separate this book from most of the rest of the Atlantology field. Cites 825 separate sources in 34 pages of references -Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, German, English, Latin...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898755916
Publisher:	University Press of the Pacific
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.17(d)

Table of Contents

	Editor's Foreword	5
	Author's Note	6
	Author's Note to the English Edition	8
	Introduction	9
	The Atlantis of Plato
Chapter 1.	The Plato Legend	19
Chapter 2.	Criticism of Descriptions of the Culture of Plato's Atlanteans	43
Chapter 3.	A Criticism of Plato's Texts on Atlantis	53
Chapter 4.	Atlantis, Scheria and Tartessos	70
Chapter 5.	Atlantis and the Mediterranean	82
Chapter 6.	Esoteric Legends About Atlantis	99
	Nature and Origin of Oceans
Chapter 7.	Basic Geophysical and Geological Notions	109
Chapter 8.	Modern Views of the Origin of Oceans	129
	The Pacific Ocean and Atlantology	146
Chapter 9.	Some Features of Oceans	156
A.	Submarine Valleys and Canyons	157
B.	Guyots	160
C.	Deep-Water Sand and Turbidity Currents	160
D.	Bottom Currents and Submarine Erosion	170
E.	Mid-oceanic Mountain Ridges	171
F.	Theory of the Anthropogen Global Transgression	182
	Atlantic
Chapter 10.	The Atlantic Ocean	186
A.	Oceanic Islands	186
B.	Currents and Winds of the North Atlantic	191
C.	The Sargasso Sea and the Spawning of Eels	195
D.	Distribution of Foraminifera	197
E.	Diatoms and Pteropods	199
Chapter 11.	Makaronesia	201
	The Riddle of the Guanches	211
Chapter 12.	Topography of the Atlantic Floor	216
	Mythical Islands of the North Atlantic as a Problem of Atlantology	250
Chapter 13.	North Atlantic Floor	258
A.	Seismic and Gravimetric Investigations	258
B.	Studies of Bedrock Samples	265
C.	Bottom Soil and Sediments	275
Chapter 14.	Geological History of the Atlantic Ocean	287
A.	Views on the General Geological History of the Ocean	287
B.	Origin of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge	292
C.	Geological History of Scandicus	298
D.	Geological History of Poseidonis	303
E.	Geological History of Archhelenis	306
	Atlantis as a Reality
Chapter 15.	Atlantis as a Biogeographical and Geological Reality	309
A.	Geological Atlantis	309
B.	Paleobotanical Data	311
C.	Paleofaunistic Data	314
D.	Soviet Scientists on the Reality of Atlantis	317
E.	Geological History of Atlantis	318
F.	Atlantis and Man	323
Chapter 16.	Atlantis, the Arctic and the Ice Age	326
A.	Causes and Time of Glaciation in the Anthropogen	326
B.	Atlantis, the Gulf Stream and the Ice Age	335
C.	Geomorphology and Geological History of the Arctic	342
D.	Arctic Climate	348
E.	The Lomonosov and Mendeleyev Ridges and the Problem of Arctis	350
F.	Settlement of America in Connection with Glaciation and Atlantis	351
Chapter 17.	Location, Causes and Date of the Destruction of Atlantis	357
A.	Principal Variants of the Location of Atlantis	357
B.	Our Reconstruction of Atlantis	359
C.	Possibility of Geological Catastrophes and Atlantis	367
D.	Cosmic Theories of the Destruction of Atlantis	371
E.	Date of the Sinking of Atlantis and Ancient Calendars	374
F.	Possibility of Later Dates of the Final Subsidence of Atlantis	379
G.	Chronology of Events of the Last Glaciation and the Holocene and Establishment of the Most Probable Date of the Destruction of Atlantis	381
	Conclusion	386
	Appendix 1	389
	Appendix 2	401
	References	403