The tectonic plates are moving! / Roy Livermore.

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"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 tectonics in a non-t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livermore, Roy (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Plate tectonics > Popular works.
Continental drift.
Earth sciences > Popular works.
Earth sciences.
Plate tectonics.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Physical Description:482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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.