عنوان

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

Title Proper

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

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boulder, Colo.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Westview Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2003

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiv, 424 p. : ill., maps

Text of Note

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

Text of Note

Naomi Oreskes, editor; with Homer Le Grand

Text of Note

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

Entry Element

، Plate tectonics

Entry Element

History ، Plate tectonics

Entry Element

، Geotectonica

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AU Oreskes, Naomi

AU LeGrand, Homer Eugene 1944-