| Description |
80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Earthworks |
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Gallant, Roy A.
EarthWorks.
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| Summary |
Discusses plate tectonics, the theory that the surface of the earth is always moving, and the connection of this phenomenon to earthquakes and volcanoes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Journeying into the past -- Earth's shaky roots -- What held up earth? -- Buffaloes, frogs, and serpents -- Sacrifices and great goddess Pele -- The Creeping of the continents -- An Island that drifted away -- Wegener's "Impossibly absurd" theory -- Seafloor spreading -- How mountains make new seafloor -- Magnetism and fossils -- How plates move --- Three ways plates move -- Trenches and island arcs -- What moves the plates? -- Plumes and hotspots -- From legend to fact -- Hotspot plumes -- Continental ups and downs --- Up with Africa -- Down with Australia. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75) and index. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.6 2.0 64894. |
| Subject |
Plate tectonics -- Juvenile literature.
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Plate tectonics -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
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Plate tectonics.
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Earthquakes.
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Volcanoes.
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| ISBN |
0761413707 |
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