Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction
(Part of the Oxford's Very Short Introductions series Series)
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The 1960s revealed a new and revolutionary idea in geological thought: that the continents drift with respect to one another. After having been dismissed for decades as absurd, the concept gradually became part of geology's basic principles. We now know that the Earth's crust and upper mantle consist of a small number of rigid plates that move, and there are significant boundaries between pairs of plates, usually known as earthquake belts. Plate...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0198728263
ISBN13:9780198728269
Release Date:May 2015
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 4.5" x 6.9"
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