Drifting Continents and Shifting Theories

Published on: 1988-12-15
Page Count: 324 pages
Print Type: BOOK
Categories: Science
Maturity Rating: NOT_MATURE
Language: en
Embeddable: Yes
PDF Available: Yes
EPUB Available: No
ISBN-13: 9780521311052
ISBN-10: 0521311055
A historical account of the triumph of the global theory of plate tectonics and its implications for the "modern revolution in geology" of the 1960s and 1970s after fifty years of controversy and competition.

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