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Plate tectonics : an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth / Naomi Oreskes, editor, with Homer Le Grand.

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2001]

©2001

xxiv, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Collects eighteen essays on the development of the theory of plate tectonics, covering key concepts, terminology, and the contributions of the scientists who helped develop the model that is today widely accepted in the field.

Plate tectonics -- History.

Geology, Structural -- History.

Oreskes, Naomi, editor.

LeGrand, H. E. (Homer Eugene), 1944-2017, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-407) and index.

Current Copyright Fee: GBP34.00 0.

From continental drift to plate tectonics / Naomi Oreskes -- Stripes on the sea floor / Ron Mason -- Reversals of fortune / Frederick J. Vine -- The zebra pattern / Lawrence W. Morley -- On board the Eltanin-19 / Walter Pitman -- The birth of plate tectonics / Neil D. Opdyke -- How mobile is the earth? / Gordon J. MacDonald -- Heat flow under the oceans / John G. Sclater -- Locating earthquakes and plate boundaries / Bruce A. Bolt -- Earthquake seismology in the plate tectonics revolution / Jack Oliver -- Plate tectonics: a surprising way to start a scientific career / Dan McKenzie -- When plates were paving stones / Robert L. Parker -- My conversion to plate tectonics / Xavier Le Pichon -- Plate tectonics and geology, 1965 to today / John F. Dewey -- When the plate tectonic revolution met western North America / Tanya Atwater -- The coming of plate tectonics to the Pacific Rim / William R. Dickinson -- From plate tectonics to continental tectonics / Peter Molnar -- Plate tectonics: a Martian view / David T. Sandwell.

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