02955nam 22006132 450 991046242440332120160302161744.01-139-36630-01-107-23119-11-280-77361-897866136843871-139-37889-91-139-09593-51-139-37603-91-139-37204-11-139-37746-91-139-38032-X(CKB)2670000000205811(EBL)880761(OCoLC)796384230(SSID)ssj0000688122(PQKBManifestationID)11406100(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000688122(PQKBWorkID)10757637(PQKB)11743587(UkCbUP)CR9781139095938(MiAaPQ)EBC880761(EXLCZ)99267000000020581120110617d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe continental drift controversyVolume 4Evolution into plate tectonics /Henry R. Frankel[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (xix, 675 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-316-61613-4 1-107-01994-X Cover; THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTROVERSY; Dedication; Title; Copyright; IndexResolution of the sixty-year debate over continental drift, culminating in the triumph of plate tectonics, changed the very fabric of Earth science. This four-volume treatise on the continental drift controversy is the first complete history of the origin, debate and gradual acceptance of this revolutionary theory. Based on extensive interviews, archival papers and original works, Frankel weaves together the lives and work of the scientists involved, producing an accessible narrative for scientists and non-scientists alike. This fourth volume explains the discoveries in the mid 1960s which led to the rapid acceptance of seafloor spreading theory and how birth of plate tectonics followed soon after with the geometrification of geology. Although plate tectonics did not explain the cause or dynamic mechanism of drifting continents, it provided a convincing kinematic explanation that continues to inspire geodynamic research to the present day.Continental driftResearchHistory20th centuryAcademic disputationsHistory20th centuryContinental driftResearchHistoryAcademic disputationsHistory551.1/36Frankel Henry R.1944-1027441UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910462424403321The continental drift controversy2442875UNINA