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Continental Drift brings together within one volume a discussion of the geophysical evidence relating to horizontal movements in the earth's crust in its widest sense. This is not the time for a reappraisal of the work of German meteorologist Alfred Wegener, but it is hoped that this volume will stimulate a serious interest in a subject formerly considered by many earth scientists as already closed. The book contains 12 chapters and begins with a discussion of paleomagnetic evidence for continental drift and its geophysical cause. This is followed by separate chapters on of paleoclimatic evide
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Continental drift. --- Paleogeography. --- Palaeogeography --- Physical geography --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics
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Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history. It also shows how these processes affected the composition of seawater, climate, and the evolution of life.
Continents. --- Continental drift. --- Plate tectonics. --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- Tectonics, Plate --- Geodynamics --- Earth (Planet) --- Crust.
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In this 1994 revised edition of his award-winning book on the Earth's history, Professor van Andel updates and expands his earlier text, drawing on a wealth of new knowledge that has become available in the last decade. This book examines the major changes in the Earth's history - the evolution of the solid Earth, the changing oceans and atmospheres and the progression of life - to render a historical account of the Earth's evolution. Much knowledge was gained in the previous decade, and while little material has been deleted, this new edition has grown to cover the key topics, including a chapter on how we can improve our grasp on geological time. Mindful of the current interest in global change, new sections describe the green-house effect and address its possible future ramifications. In prose that is both concise and compelling, New Views on an Old Planet: A History of Global Change makes Earth history appealing to the general reader. It will serve as an excellent text for introductory courses in the earth and environmental sciences.
Geology. --- Continental drift. --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Geology
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Continental drift. --- Geophysicists --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- Earth scientists --- Wegener, Alfred, --- Wegener, Alfred Lothar, --- 魏格纳,
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Why did American geologists reject the notion of continental drift, first posed in 1915? And why did British scientists view the theory as a pleasing confirmation? This text, based on archival resources, provides answers to these questions.
Continental drift. --- Geology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- History --- Continental drift --- 551.241 --- 551.241 Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur --- Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur
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"This volume presents an attempt to construct a unified cognitive theory of science in relatively short compass. It confronts the strong program in sociology of science and the positions of various post positivist philosophers of science, developing significant alternatives to each in a readily comprehensible style. It draws loosely on recent developments in cognitive science, without burdening the argument with detailed results from that source. . . . The book is thus a provocative one. Perhaps that is a measure of its value: it will lead scholars and serious student from a number of science studies disciplines into continued and sharpened debate over fundamental questions."-Richard Burian, Isis "The writing is delightfully clear and accessible. On balance, few books advance our subject as well."-Paul Teller, Philosophy of Science
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Extensive field studies on the African and North American plates during this past decade have yielded a wealth of new data and ideas about rift basins and the origin of passive margins. New surface and subsurface basins have been identified; fossils abound in strata that only recently were considered barren; oil exploration is being actively pursued in continental strata of the Richmond-Taylorsville, Sanford and Newark basins, Late Triassic marine strata have been identified in Georges Bank off the coast of Massachusetts, and the roles of wrench tectonics, successor basins and listric normal
Continental drift --- Continentverschuiving --- Crevasses (Geologie) --- Derive des continents --- Rifts (Geology) --- Scheuren (Geologie) --- 551.241 --- Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur --- 551.241 Tectosphere. Thickness and structure of Earth's crust layers where folding and faulting occur --- Continental margins --- Geology, Structural --- Margins, Continental --- Submarine topography --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- Atlantic Coast (North America) --- Atlantic Coast (Africa) --- Continental drift.
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Resolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This third volume describes the expansion of the land-based paleomagnetic case for drifting continents and recounts the golden age of marine geology and geophysics. Fuelled by the Cold War, US and British workers led the way in making discoveries and forming new hypotheses, especially about the origin of oceanic ridges. When first proposed, seafloor spreading was just one of several competing hypotheses about the evolution of ocean basins.
Continental drift --- Academic disputations --- Research --- History --- Geomorphology. --- Landforms. --- Plate tectonics. --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Dynamic & Structural Geology --- Continental displacement --- Drift, Continental --- Drifting of continents --- Plate tectonics --- Disputations, Academic --- Debates and debating --- Dissertations, Academic --- Paleomagnetism. --- Magnetostratigraphy --- Palaeomagnetism --- Paleomagnetics --- Remanent magnetism --- Geomagnetism --- Environmental Sciences --- Atmospheric Science
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This is the first anthology of nature writing that celebrates California, the most geographically diverse state in the union. Readers-be they naturalists or armchair explorers-will find themselves transported to California's many wild places in the company of forty noted writers whose works span more than a century. Divided into sections on California's mountains, hills and valleys, deserts, coast, and elements (earth, wind, and fire), the book contains essays, diary entries, and excerpts from larger works, including fiction. As a prelude to the collection, editor Steven Gilbar presents two California Indian creation myths, one a Cahto narrative and the other an A-juma-wi story as told by Darryl Babe Wilson. Familiar names appear in these pages-John Muir, Robert Louis Stevenson, John McPhee, M.F.K. Fisher, Gretel Ehrlich-but less familiar writers such as Daniel Duane, Margaret Millar, and John McKinney are also included. Among the gems in this treasure trove are Jack Kerouac on climbing Mt. Matterhorn, Barry Lopez on snow geese migration at Tule Lake, Edward Abbey on Death Valley, Henry Miller on Big Sur, and Joan Didion on the Santa Ana winds. Gary Snyder's inspiring Afterword reflects the spirit of environmentalism that runs throughout the book. Natural State also reveals the many changes to California's landscape that have occurred in geological time and in human terms. More than a book of "nature writing," this book is superb writing about nature.
Natural history --- Nature. --- american history. --- anthology. --- big sur. --- california. --- climbing. --- coastal. --- continental drift. --- desert. --- geography. --- grand canyon. --- hunting. --- literary anthology. --- matterhorn. --- mother nature. --- mountain climbing. --- mountains. --- national parks. --- natural world. --- nature writing. --- nature. --- rock climbing. --- santa ana. --- santa rosa. --- short story collection. --- united states history. --- us history. --- west coast. --- western united states. --- western us. --- yosemite.
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