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Stories from the deep earth : how scientists figured out what drives tectonic plates and mountain building / Geoffrey F. Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Geoffrey F. (Geoffrey Frederick), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plate tectonics--History.
- Plate tectonics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2022]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Deep Earth and deep time, big ideas and big egos
- Chapter 2. The accidental geophysicist
- Chapter 3. A propitious time
- Chapter 4. Water, heat, time, mountains
- Chapter 5. Yielding rocks
- Chapter 6. Vagrant continents
- Chapter 7. Like nothing weve seen before
- Chapter 8. Novel ideas: plates and plumes
- Chapter 9. But what is the driving mechanism?
- Chapter 10. Chemistry and egos muscle in
- Chapter 11. Making it a science?
- Chapter 12. Some clarity: two convection modes, interacting
- Chapter 13. Earths lessons: humility, power and science
- Chapter 14. Some chemical clarifying
- Chapter 15. Too noble?
- Chapter 16. Perspective; Imperfect but better than shouting.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 20, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030913595
- 3030913597
- Publisher Number:
- 99989680798
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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