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Plates vs. plumes : a geological controversy /
Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now amounts to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. In the early 21st century demand became relentless for a theory that can explain melting anomalies in a way that fits the observations naturally and is forward-predictive. From this the Plate hypothesis emerged-the exact inverse of the Plume hypothesis. The P. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 328 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781444324877 144432487X 9781444324860 1444324861 9781444348323 1444348329 9786612774577 6612774576 |