Plate tectonics: an Insider's history of the modern theory of the earth/ edited by Naomi Oreskes and Homer Le Grand
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TextPublication details: New York: CRC Press, 2003Description: xxiv, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0813341329Subject(s): Plate tectonics | Geology, Structural DDC classification: 551.136 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 551.136 ORE/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P41314 |
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-19 / 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, 1965 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.
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