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RECORD NUMBER: 159 OF 181Main Title | The dynamic earth: textbook in geosciences | |||||||||||
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Author | Wyllie, Peter J., | |||||||||||
Publisher | Wiley | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1971 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00209396 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0471968897; 9780471968894 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Earth sciences ; Geofisica ; Erde ; Dynamik | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiv, 416 p. illus. 26 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Bibliography: p. 379-392. |
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Contents Notes | Surface features of the Earth -- Physical properties of the Earth and its interior -- Geological processes and the geological time scale -- The nature of the crust-mantle boundary and the gabbro-eclogite phase transition -- The composition and mineralogy of the Earth's mantle -- The structure, petrology, and composition of the Earth's crust -- Magma generation -- Geosynclines and the orogenic cycle : classical views -- Tectonic significance of phase transitions -- Continental drift : debate of the century -- Paleomagnetism, polar wandering, and spreading sea floors -- Magnetic anomalies in the ocean basin -- Plate tectonics -- Global geology in the 1970s. |