Naomi Oreskes

Plate Tectonics

An Insider's History Of The Modern Theory Of The Earth

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Seitenzahl: 452
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9780813341323
• ISBN-10: 0813341329
• Artikelnr.: 22313026

Autorenporträt

Oreskes, Naomi

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: History and Memory
The Historical Background
From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics
The Early Work: From Paleomagnetism to Sea Floor Spreading
Stripes on the Sea Floor
Reversals of Fortune
The Zebra Pattern
On Board the Eltanin
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The Birth of Plate Tectonics
Heat Flow and Seismology
How Mobile is the Earth?
Heat Flow Under the Oceans
Locating Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
Earthquake Seismology in the Plate Tectonics Revolution
The Plate Model
Plate Tectonics: A Surprising Way to Start a Scientific Career
When Plates Were Paving Stones
My Conversion to Plate Tectonics
From the Oceans to the Continents
Plate Tectonics and Geology, 1965 to Today
When the Plate Tectonic Revolution Met Western North America
The Coming of Plate Tectonics to the Pacific Rim
From Plate Tectonics to Continental Tectonics An Evolving Perspective of Important Research, from a Graduate Student to an Established Curmudgeon
Epilogue: Continents Really Do Move
Plate Tectonics: A Martian View