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Continental drift.

Fifty years ago Alfred Wegener, the German meteorologist, published his theory of continental drift. The publication of Wegener's book gave rise to a vigorous controversy in the 1920s. Lack of a decisive test, however, and strong arguments against the theory on the part of geophysicists caused...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Runcorn, S. K. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, Academic Press, 1962.
Colección:International geophysics series ; v. 3.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Palaeomagnetic evidence for continental drift and its geophysical cause / S.K. Runcorn
  • 2. Palaeclimatology and continental drift / N.D. Opdyke
  • 3. Movements in the Earth's crust as indicated by earthquakes / John H. Hodgson
  • 4. Movements on major transcurrent faults / Hugh Benioff
  • 5. Magnetic evidence for horizontal displacements in the floor of the Pacific Ocean / Victor Vacquier
  • 6. Thermal convection in the Earth's mantle / F.A. Vening Meinesz
  • 7. The theory of convection in spherical shells and its application to the problem of the thermal convection in the Earth's mantle / T. Chamalaun, P.H. Roberts
  • 8. Mountain-building hypotheses / P. Chadwick
  • 9. The Deep-sea floor / Bruce C. Heezen
  • 10. Ocean-basin evolution by sea-floor spreadfing / Robert S. Dietz
  • 11. Comparisons of Pacific and Atlantic Ocean floors in relation to ideas of continental displacement / T.F. Gaskell
  • 12. Memories of Alfred Wegener