عنوان

Plate tectonics: an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth

عنوان اصلي

Plate tectonics: an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Boulder, Colo.

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Westview Press

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

c2003

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xxiv, 424 p. : ill., maps

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references )p.]347[-407( and index

متن يادداشت

Naomi Oreskes, editor; with Homer Le Grand

متن يادداشت

The historical background: From continental drift to plate tectonics / Naomi Oreskes -- The early work : from paleomagnetism to sea floor spreading: Stripes on the sea floor / Ron Mason. Reversals of fortune / Frederick J. Vine. The zebra pattern / Lawrence W. Morley. On board the Eltanin-91 / Walter Pitman. The birth of plate tectonics / Neil D. Opdyk -- Heat flow and seismology: How mobile is the Earth? / Gordon J. MacDonald. Heat flow under the oceans / John G. Sclater. Locating earthquakes and plate boundaries / Bruce A. Bolt. Earthquake seismology in the plate tectonics revolution / Jack Oliver -- The plate model: Plate tectonics : a surprising way to start a scientific career / Dan McKenzie. When plates were paving stones / Robert L. Parker. My conversion to plate tectonics / Xavier Le Pichon. -- From the oceans to the continents: Plate tectonics and geology, 5691 to today / John F. Dewey. When the plate tectonic revolution met western North America / Tanya Atwater. The coming of plate tectonics to the Pacific Rim / William R. Dickinson. From plate tectonics to continental tectonics / Peter Molnar -- Epilogue : continents really do move: Plate tectonics : a Martian view / David T. Sandwell

عنصر شناسه ای

، Plate tectonics

عنصر شناسه ای

History ، Plate tectonics

عنصر شناسه ای

، Geotectonica

شماره رده

کد نقش

TI

عنصر شناسه اي

AU Oreskes, Naomi

عنصر شناسه اي

AU LeGrand, Homer Eugene 1944-