Plate Tectonics An Insider''s History of the Modern Theory of the Earth

The term "plate tectonics", coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works. The theory, research, data collection, and analysis that came together in 1967 to constitute plate tectonics is here presented by those scientists involved.

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Naomi Oreskes

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Can anyone today imagine the earth without its puzzle-piece construction of plate tectonics? The very term, "plate tectonics," coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of the vernacular, part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works.The theory, research, data collection, and analysis that came together in the late 1960's to cons

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• Autori: Naomi Oreskes, Oreskes Naomi
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 19.08.2019
• Categoria: Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Astronomia: tematiche generali, opere di consultaz; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9780367317270
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31727-0
• Numero di pagine: 452
• Serie: Frontiers in Physics
• Categorie: SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Geodynamics, seismic tomography, oceanic lithosphere, geoscience education, paleogeography, tectonic theory historical development, magnetic reversal chronology