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The continental drift controversy . Volume 2 Paleomagnetism and confirmation of drift / / Henry R. Frankel [[electronic resource]]
| The continental drift controversy . Volume 2 Paleomagnetism and confirmation of drift / / Henry R. Frankel [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Frankel Henry R. <1944-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 525 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Continental drift - Research - History - 20th century
Academic disputations - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-36563-0
1-107-22589-2 1-280-64734-5 9786613633392 1-139-37816-3 1-139-37530-X 0-511-84316-X 1-139-37673-X 1-139-37959-3 1-139-37131-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTROVERSY: Volume II: Paleomagnetism and Confirmation of Drift; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note; 1: Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism: 1946-1952; 1.1 Breaking the impasse: the three main paleomagnetic groups; 1.2 Blackett and Runcorn begin their years together at the University of Manchester (1946-1949); 1.3 Blackett's fundamental or distributed theory of the origin of the geomagnetic field and Runcorn's introduction to it
1.4 Elsasser develops a self-exciting dynamo in Earth's core as the source of the geomagnetic field1.5 Runcorn and colleagues carry out the mine experiment and discriminate between fundamental and core theories; 1.6 Blackett and Runcorn become interested in paleomagnetism; Runcorn accepts a position at the University of Cambridge; 1.7 Work at the Carnegie Institution in Washington and the case for a geomagnetic field without gross changes; 1.8 Graham develops field tests of stability; 1.9 Graham and others at the Carnegie Institution abandon the fold test 1.10 Graham opts for self-reversals rather than field reversals1.11 Igneous baked contact test of stability; 1.12 Hospers arrives in Cambridge, 1949: his early education and commencement of Iceland surveys; 1.13 Hospers' first results from Iceland, 1950-1951, and genesis of Fisher's statistics; 1.14 Consistency or dispersion as a test of paleomagnetic stability; 1.15 Runcorn arrives in Cambridge, 1950, decides to work on paleomagnetism, and hires Ted (E.) Irving, 1951; 1.16 Irving's early education and undergraduate years 1.17 Irving and Runcorn's first work, July through December 1951: only red beds give coherent results1.18 Irving devises a paleomagnetism test of continental drift, autumn 1951; 1.19 Realization in 1943 by Sahni that paleomagnetism could be used to test continental drift; 1.20 Irving initiates his test of motion of India; 1.21 Why Runcorn and Irving did not immediately redirect all their work to test continental drift; 1.22 Reaction of Blackett and Runcorn to Irving's work; 1.23 Summary; Notes 2: British paleomagnetists begin shifting their research toward testing mobilism: summer 1951 to fall 19532.1 Outline; 2.2 Blackett initiates and Clegg leads the paleomagnetic group at Manchester; 2.3 Clegg builds a new magnetometer at Manchester; 2.4 The Manchester group expands and focuses on the Triassic redbeds; 2.5 Irving investigates the origin of magnetization of the Torridonian and begins magnetostratigraphic survey; 2.6 Irving completes magnetostratigraphic survey of the Torridonian; 2.7 Fisher defends mobilism 2.8 Hospers returns to Iceland, builds an ""igneous"" magnetometer, and develops his case for reversals of the geomagnetic field |
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Frankel Henry R. <1944->
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The continental drift controversy . Volume 4 Evolution into plate tectonics / / Henry R. Frankel
| The continental drift controversy . Volume 4 Evolution into plate tectonics / / Henry R. Frankel |
| Autore | Frankel Henry R. <1944-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 675 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Continental drift - Research - History - 20th century
Continental drift - History - 20th century Plate tectonics - History Academic disputations - History - 20th century Geodynamics - Philosophy - History - 20th century Geology, Structural - Philosophy - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-36630-0
1-107-23119-1 1-280-77361-8 9786613684387 1-139-37889-9 1-139-09593-5 1-139-37603-9 1-139-37204-1 1-139-37746-9 1-139-38032-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTROVERSY; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Evolution into plate tectonics |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807330003321 |
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Frankel Henry R. <1944->
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| Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||
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The continental drift controversy . Volume 2 Paleomagnetism and confirmation of drift / / Henry R. Frankel
| The continental drift controversy . Volume 2 Paleomagnetism and confirmation of drift / / Henry R. Frankel |
| Autore | Frankel Henry R. <1944-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 525 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Paleomagnetism
Continental drift - Research - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-36563-0
1-107-22589-2 1-280-64734-5 9786613633392 1-139-37816-3 1-139-37530-X 0-511-84316-X 1-139-37673-X 1-139-37959-3 1-139-37131-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTROVERSY: Volume II: Paleomagnetism and Confirmation of Drift; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note; 1: Geomagnetism and paleomagnetism: 1946-1952; 1.1 Breaking the impasse: the three main paleomagnetic groups; 1.2 Blackett and Runcorn begin their years together at the University of Manchester (1946-1949); 1.3 Blackett's fundamental or distributed theory of the origin of the geomagnetic field and Runcorn's introduction to it
1.4 Elsasser develops a self-exciting dynamo in Earth's core as the source of the geomagnetic field1.5 Runcorn and colleagues carry out the mine experiment and discriminate between fundamental and core theories; 1.6 Blackett and Runcorn become interested in paleomagnetism; Runcorn accepts a position at the University of Cambridge; 1.7 Work at the Carnegie Institution in Washington and the case for a geomagnetic field without gross changes; 1.8 Graham develops field tests of stability; 1.9 Graham and others at the Carnegie Institution abandon the fold test 1.10 Graham opts for self-reversals rather than field reversals1.11 Igneous baked contact test of stability; 1.12 Hospers arrives in Cambridge, 1949: his early education and commencement of Iceland surveys; 1.13 Hospers' first results from Iceland, 1950-1951, and genesis of Fisher's statistics; 1.14 Consistency or dispersion as a test of paleomagnetic stability; 1.15 Runcorn arrives in Cambridge, 1950, decides to work on paleomagnetism, and hires Ted (E.) Irving, 1951; 1.16 Irving's early education and undergraduate years 1.17 Irving and Runcorn's first work, July through December 1951: only red beds give coherent results1.18 Irving devises a paleomagnetism test of continental drift, autumn 1951; 1.19 Realization in 1943 by Sahni that paleomagnetism could be used to test continental drift; 1.20 Irving initiates his test of motion of India; 1.21 Why Runcorn and Irving did not immediately redirect all their work to test continental drift; 1.22 Reaction of Blackett and Runcorn to Irving's work; 1.23 Summary; Notes 2: British paleomagnetists begin shifting their research toward testing mobilism: summer 1951 to fall 19532.1 Outline; 2.2 Blackett initiates and Clegg leads the paleomagnetic group at Manchester; 2.3 Clegg builds a new magnetometer at Manchester; 2.4 The Manchester group expands and focuses on the Triassic redbeds; 2.5 Irving investigates the origin of magnetization of the Torridonian and begins magnetostratigraphic survey; 2.6 Irving completes magnetostratigraphic survey of the Torridonian; 2.7 Fisher defends mobilism 2.8 Hospers returns to Iceland, builds an ""igneous"" magnetometer, and develops his case for reversals of the geomagnetic field |
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Frankel Henry R. <1944->
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| Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||
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The continental drift controversy . Volume 3 Introduction of seafloor spreading / / Henry R. Frankel
| The continental drift controversy . Volume 3 Introduction of seafloor spreading / / Henry R. Frankel |
| Autore | Frankel Henry R. <1944-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 476 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Academic disputations - History - 20th century
Continental drift - Research - History - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-36564-9
1-107-22590-6 1-280-64735-3 9786613633408 1-139-37817-1 1-139-02541-4 1-139-37531-8 1-139-37674-8 1-139-37960-7 1-139-37132-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE CONTINENTAL DRIFT CONTROVERSY: Volume III: Introduction of Seafloor Spreading; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1: Extension and reception of paleomagnetic/paleoclimatic support for mobilism: 1960-1966; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Dott reexamines the Squantum Tillite; 1.3 Comparisons of paleomagnetic and paleoclimatic evidence: the 1959 Newcastle symposium and its 1961 publication Descriptive Palaeoclimatology; 1.4 Reviews of Descriptive Palaeoclimatology; 1.5 Speculations on mechanism in the early 1960s
1.6 The 1962 anthology Continental Drift and MacDonald's review of it1.7 Blackett turns to paleoclimatology; 1.8 Deutsch proposes continental drift without polar wandering; 1.9 The 1963 Newcastle NATO conference; 1.10 Bucher continues to criticize mobilism at the NATO conference; 1.11 Harland and Rudwick link mobilism, the Great Infra-Cambrian Ice Age and the burgeoning of Cambrian fauna; 1.12 Responses of some biogeographers to the paleomagnetic case for continental drift; 1.13 Hamilton welcomes paleomagnetism's support of mobilism 1.14 Kay and Colbert reassess mobilism because of its paleomagnetic support1.15 Japanese rock magnetists avoid accepting the paleomagnetic case for mobilism; 1.16 Further poles from Australia, 1958-1964; 1.17 Further poles from Africa: the Salisbury (Harare) Group and further work at the Bernard Price Institute, Johannesburg, 1959-1964; 1.18 Convergence of paleomagnetism and paleoclimatology at Canberra, 1959-1966; Notes; 2: Reception of the paleomagnetic case for mobilism by several notables: 1957-1965; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Gutenberg's career 2.3 Gutenberg supports mobilism during the 1920s and 1930s2.4 In the 1950s Gutenberg reconsiders mobilism and appeals to paleomagnetism; 2.5 Vening Meinesz reconsiders mobilism; 2.6 Vening Meinesz becomes favorably inclined toward mobilism because of its paleomagnetic support; 2.7 MacDonald denies mantle convection and Runcorn responds; 2.8 MacDonald renews his attack on the paleomagnetic case for mobilism; 2.9 Harold Jeffreys, his career; 2.10 Jeffreys renews his attack on mobilism in the first Harold Jeffreys Lecture; 2.11 Bullard's journey to mobilism: his early career 2.12 Bullard considers mantle convection and measures ocean floor heat flow2.13 Bullard begins to consider mobilism seriously; 2.14 Bullard recognizes that all obstacles to the paleomagnetic case had been removed and becomes a mobilist; 2.15 Bullard squabbles with geologists about the contributions of geology and geophysics to the mobilism debate; 2.16 Arthur Holme's attitude to the paleomagnetic case for mobilism; 2.17 Mobilism's solution to divergent APW paths, its difficulty-free status 2.18 On the general failure to recognize the difficulty-free status of the paleomagnetic case for mobilism |
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Frankel Henry R. <1944->
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| Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Continental tectonics / / Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
| Continental tectonics / / Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy of Sciences, , 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Studies in geophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Continents |
| ISBN |
1-280-24610-3
9786610246106 0-309-54048-8 0-585-14932-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Front Matter; 2 Title; 3 Overview and Recommendations; 4 I. Summary; 5 II. Plate-Boundary Tectonics; 6 III. Intraplate Tectonics; 7 IV. Characterization of Continental Crust; 8 V. Continental Crust; 9 Supplementary: Plate 11-1 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778674103321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy of Sciences, , 1980 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Continental tectonics / / Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council
| Continental tectonics / / Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1980 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Studies in geophysics |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Continents |
| ISBN |
1-280-24610-3
9786610246106 0-309-54048-8 0-585-14932-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Front Matter; 2 Title; 3 Overview and Recommendations; 4 I. Summary; 5 II. Plate-Boundary Tectonics; 6 III. Intraplate Tectonics; 7 IV. Characterization of Continental Crust; 8 V. Continental Crust; 9 Supplementary: Plate 11-1 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813254903321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 1980 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh
| Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh |
| Autore | Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Continents
Continental drift Plate tectonics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-756214-0
1-280-53295-5 1-4237-2050-4 0-19-534733-1 1-60256-919-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450280603321 |
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Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 | ||
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Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh
| Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh |
| Autore | Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Continents
Continental drift Plate tectonics |
| ISBN |
0-19-756214-0
1-280-53295-5 1-4237-2050-4 0-19-534733-1 1-60256-919-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783677703321 |
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Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh
| Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh |
| Autore | Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Continents
Continental drift Plate tectonics |
| ISBN |
0-19-756214-0
1-280-53295-5 1-4237-2050-4 0-19-534733-1 1-60256-919-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
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; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813207003321 |
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Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, >
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| Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 | ||
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Dynamics of plate interiors
| Dynamics of plate interiors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 1980 |
| Disciplina | 551.1/36 |
| Collana | Geodynamics series Dynamics of plate interiors |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Geodynamics Earth movements Geology Earth & Environmental Sciences Dynamic & Structural Geology |
| ISBN | 1-118-67017-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910130939303321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 1980 | ||
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