| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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data file rda |
| Summary |
Geological research is a series of significant discoveries that transform our understanding of the Earth. Each new idea leads to a burst of activity as its validity is tested. Graham Park summarises the salient features of breakthrough ideas in earth science, contrasting them with previous views and thus conveys their impact on geological science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Uniformitarianism: the first breakthrough -- Evolution and the Origin of Species -- Continental drift -- Mantle convection: a mechanism for continental drift? -- Deformation ellipsoid to ductile shear zone -- Plate tectonics -- Ophiolites: clues to the ocean crust and mantle -- Fault system kinematics -- Back-arc basins and trench roll-back -- Hot-spots and mantle plumes -- Sequence stratigraphy -- Gravity spreading |
| Note |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Geology -- Popular works.
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Geology. (OCoLC)fst00940627
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| Genre/Form |
Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Park, Graham. Breakthroughs in geology. Edinburgh : Dunedin, [2020] 1780460767 (OCoLC)1024111253 |
| ISBN |
9781780466149 (electronic book) |
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1780466145 (electronic book) |
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