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The tectonic plates are moving! /
"Plate tectonics is a revolutionary theory on par with modern genetics. Yet, apart from the frequent use of clichés such as 'tectonic shift' by economists, journalists, and politicians, the science itself is rarely mentioned and poorly understood. This book explains modern plate tecto...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Edició: | First edition. |
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Taula de continguts:
- 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.