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Breakthroughs in geology, ideas that transformed earth science, Graham Park

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Breakthroughs in geology, ideas that transformed earth science, Graham Park

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-253) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breakthroughs in geology

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bibliography

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1024111253

Responsibility statement

Graham Park

Sub title

ideas that transformed earth science

Summary

"...Plate Tectonics, which, although questioned at the time it was introduced, is now universally accepted as a general principle. A large number of the subsequent advances in geological understanding have been based upon this breakthrough. Each of the 12 chapters in this book represents a new idea or discovery, which is discussed in its historical context..."--inside flap

Table Of Contents

Uniformitarianism: the first breakthrough -- Evolution and the Origin of Species -- Continental drift -- Mantle convection: a mechanism for continental drift? -- Deformation ellipsoid to ductile shear zone -- Plate tectonics -- Ophiolites: clues to the ocean crust and mantle -- Fault system kinematics -- Back-arc basins and trench roll-back -- Hot spots and mantle plumes -- Sequence stratigraphy -- Gravity spreading

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