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Plate Tectonics : How It Works.

Palaeomagnetism, plates, hot spots, trenches and ridges are the subject of this unusual book. Plate Tectonics is a book of exercises and background information that introduces and demonstrates the basics of the subject. In a lively and lucid manner, it brings together a great deal of material in sph...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cox, Allan, 1926-1987
Otros Autores: Hart, Robert Brian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • PLATE TECTONICS: How It Works; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1: Basics of a Revolution; 2: Plates in Velocity Space; 3: Getting Around on a Sphere; 4: Wrapping Plate Tectonics Around a Globe; 5: Plotting Planes and Vectors in Local Coordinates; 6: Earthquakes and Plates; 7: Finite Rotations; 8: Magnetism and Isochrons; 9: Paleomagnetic Poles; 10: Putting It All Together; Index; Index of References.