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Glomar stands for GLObal MARine drilling company, an oil contract company once based out of Houston, TX USA. All vessels and oil rigs of Global Marine had Glomar as part of the vessel name. In 2002 Global Marine merged with SantaFe International. The new company was named Global SantaFe and all vessels were renamed removing Glomar from the vessel name and replacing it with GSF.
Notable Vessels with name Glomar
Glomar Challenger: This vessel was used for deep sea core sampling and the discovery of plate tectonics.
Hughs Glomar Explorer: Vessel built by Hughs tool company and Global Marine for the CIA to recovery a Soviet Submarine. See Project Azoian. The vessel is still in operation as an oil rig under the name GSF Explorer owned by Transocean.
Glomar Java Sea: Oil exploration vessel that sank in a Typhoon in the South China Sea with all hands lost. Miss reports by the media that crew survived in lifeboats started a conspiracy theory that the crew was actually rescued and placed in Vietnamese POW camps. This story presisted for years but proved untrue, when the wreck was explored lifeboats were still in the davits.
Glomar has another meaning. When the story of Hughs Glomar Explorer and it's true mission broke to the media the CIA reported that it could niether confirm nor deny the story. This statement from government agenies is now called the Glomar Pledge.
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What was the Glomar challenger an what was it equipped with?
the Glomar Challenger was a 200ft. 3-masted ship with a steam engine, workspace, laboratories, and storage spaces
What did data collected by the drilling ship Glomar Challenger confirm?
The data collected by the drilling ship Glomar Challenger confirmed continental drift.
Glomar Challenger is known mainly for what?
to do something
Which is the biggest ship management company?
glomar
What was the weight the Glomar Explorer was able to support?
GLOMAR EXPLORER's heavy lift hoisting system was originally rated at 7,000 tons @ 6 ft. per min.
Data collected by the drilling ship glomar challenger confirmed that?
Glomar Challenger was a deep sea research and scientific drilling vessel for oceanography and marine geology studies.
The research ship glomar challenger was equipped because?
I do not now
Was the glomar challenge equipped with a drilling rig that records magnetic data?
maybe maybe not
What is wrong about this sentence The research ship Glomar Challenger was equipped with a drilling rig that records magnetic data?
Glomar Challenger was equipped wit a drilling rig that sampled specific locations. (check the ques on wikipedia if you need more info.)
What is the name of the ship that collected rock samples that proved the ocean floor is younger near the mid-ocean ridge?
Glomar challenger
Scientist aboard the glomar challenger added to the evidence for the theory of seafloor spreading by providing what?
im sorry i do not know the answer but if ur single im free
How did research from the Glomar challenge help scientist support the theory of seaflooding spreading?
From Wikipedia: Starting from August 1968, the Glomar Challenger embarked on a year-long scientific expedition, the Deep Sea Drilling Program, criss-crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between South America and Africa and drilling core samples at specific locations. When the age of the samples was determined by paleontological and isotopic dating studies, this provided conclusive evidence for the seafloor spreading hypothesis, and, consequently, for continental drift.
