Mysteries of terra firma : the age and evolution of the Earth
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- ISBN: 068487282X (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780684872827 (alk. paper)
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xiii, 256 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2001.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Time: Mill of exquisite workmanship -- Strange rays -- End of the debate -- Age of meteorites, the moon, and the earth -- Drift: Science without a theory -- Dream of a great poet -- Rejection of drift -- Plausible mechanism -- Data from the abyss -- Seafloor spreading -- Rejection and priority -- Chance: Glimpses of the moon -- Moonlighting -- Voyages -- Most difficult birth -- Impact revolution -- Tapestry -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
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Subject: | Geological time Plate tectonics Catastrophes (Geology) |
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