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The tectonic plates are moving! / Roy Livermore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livermore, Roy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plate tectonics--Popular works.
- Plate tectonics.
- Earth sciences--Popular works.
- Earth sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (482 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- A witty, irreverent guide to the birth, development, and state-of-the-art of one of the most important theories in Earth Science. The text explains how modern plate tectonics accounts for phenomena such as great earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and how it controls conditions at the Earth's surface, including global geography and climate.
- Contents:
- First Generation. Probably the best theory on Earth
- The paving stone theory of world tectonics
- Poles apart
- Plate tectonics by jerks - Plate tectonics by creeps
- Second Generation. Scum of the Earth
- Continents and supercontinents
- All at sea
- Chilling out
- Ups and downs
- The final frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-102769-3
- 0-19-186049-2
- 0-19-102768-5
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