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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York,
Academic Press,
1962.
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| Series: | International geophysics series ;
v. 3. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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