The Glomar Challenger expedition investigated changes in invertebrate fauna and some unusual geologic features. | Researchers collected fossils to determine which new species migrated from the Atlantic with older species. | Scientists aboard the Glomar Challenger were the first to discover the existence of domelike masses underneath the seafloor. | Samples recovered from the expedition revealed important differences in chemical composition and fossil distribution among the sediment layers. | Evidence collected by the Glomar Challenger supports geologists' beliefs that the Mediterranean had evaporated and become a desert, before it refilled with water. | Mediterranean salt domes formed after crustal movements opened the straits between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, and the Mediterranean refilled with water. |