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Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, > |
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Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh |
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Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
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©2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-756214-0 |
1-280-53295-5 |
1-4237-2050-4 |
0-19-534733-1 |
1-60256-919-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Continents |
Continental drift |
Plate tectonics |
Earth (Planet) Crust |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2004. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Continental Drift-The Road to Plate Tectonics; 2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Past; 3. Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust Through Time; 4. Growth of Cratons and their Post-Stabilization Histories; 5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle; 6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents; 7. Supercontinents Older than Gondwana; 8. Gondwana and Pangea; 9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins; 10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea |
11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic Evolution; Appendix A. Seismic Methods; Appendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients; Appendix C. Paleomagnetism; Appendix D. Isotopic Systems; Appendix E. Cratons; Appendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic Suites; Appendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville Age; Appendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga Age; Appendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano Age; |
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