The Dynamic Earth

by W. Jacquelyne Kious & Robert I. Tilling

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This booklet gives a brief introduction to the concept of plate tectonics and complements the visual and written information in This Dynamic Planet, a map published in 1994 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Smithsonian Institution. The booklet highlights some of the people and discoveries that advanced the development of the theory and traces its progress since its proposal. Although the general idea of plate tectonics is now widely accepted, many aspects still continue to confound an

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Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Subjects
Geosciences, Geology
Licence
Public domain, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Preface
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. 1: Historical Perspective
  8. 1.1: Alfred Lothar Wegener
  9. 1.2: Inside the Earth
  10. 1.3: Polar dinosaurs in Australia?
  11. 1.4: What is a Tectonic Plate?
  12. 2: Developing the Theory
  13. 2.1: Harry Hammond Hess
  14. 2.2: Exploring the deep ocean floor
  15. 2.3: Magnetic Stripes and Isotopic Clocks
  16. 3: Understanding Plate Tectonics
  17. 3.1: The Himalayas
  18. 4: "Hotspots"- Mantle Thermal Plumes
  19. 4.1: Tuzo Wilson
  20. 4.2: The long trail of the Hawaiian hotspot
  21. 5: Some Unanswered Questions
  22. 5.1: What went on before the break-up of Pangaea?
  23. 6: Plate Tectonics and Humans
  24. 6.1: Plate Tectonics and People
  25. Back Matter
  26. Endnotes
  27. Index
  28. Detailed Licensing