The term "plate tectonics", coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works. The theory, research, data collection, and analysis that came together in 1967 to constitute plate tectonics is here presented by those scientists involved.
The term "plate tectonics", coined only thirty-five years ago, is now part of everyone's understanding of the way the earth works. The theory, research, data collection, and analysis that came together in 1967 to constitute plate tectonics is here presented by those scientists involved.
PART I THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1 From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics PART II THE EARLY WORK: FROM PALEOMAGNETISM TO SEA FLOOR SPREADING 2 Stripes on the Sea Floor 3 Reversals of Fortune 4 The Zebra Pattern 5 On Board the Eltanin-19 6 The Birth of Plate Tectonics PART Ill HEAT FLOW AND SEISMOLOGY 7 How Mobile is the Earth? 8 Heat Flow under the Oceans 9 Locating Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries 10 Earthquake Seismology in the Plate Tectonics Revolution PART IV THE PLATE MODEL 11 Plate Tectonics: A Surprising Way to Start a Scientific Career 12 When Plates Were Paving Stones 13 My Conversion to Plate Tectonics PART V FROM THE OCEANS TO THE CONTINENTS 14 Plate Tectonics and Geology 1965 to Today 15 When the Plate Tectonic Revolution Met Westem North America 16 The Coming of Plate Tectonics to the Pacific Rim 17 From Plate Tectonics to Continental Tectonics EPILOGUE: CONTINENTS REALLY DO MOVE 18 Plate Tectonics: A Martian View
PART I THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 1 From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics PART II THE EARLY WORK: FROM PALEOMAGNETISM TO SEA FLOOR SPREADING 2 Stripes on the Sea Floor 3 Reversals of Fortune 4 The Zebra Pattern 5 On Board the Eltanin-19 6 The Birth of Plate Tectonics PART Ill HEAT FLOW AND SEISMOLOGY 7 How Mobile is the Earth? 8 Heat Flow under the Oceans 9 Locating Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries 10 Earthquake Seismology in the Plate Tectonics Revolution PART IV THE PLATE MODEL 11 Plate Tectonics: A Surprising Way to Start a Scientific Career 12 When Plates Were Paving Stones 13 My Conversion to Plate Tectonics PART V FROM THE OCEANS TO THE CONTINENTS 14 Plate Tectonics and Geology 1965 to Today 15 When the Plate Tectonic Revolution Met Westem North America 16 The Coming of Plate Tectonics to the Pacific Rim 17 From Plate Tectonics to Continental Tectonics EPILOGUE: CONTINENTS REALLY DO MOVE 18 Plate Tectonics: A Martian View
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