Plate tectonics
Subtitle: an insider's history of the modern theory of the Earth
By: Naomi Oreskes, editor ; with Homer Le Grand.
Contributors: Oreskes, Naomi.; LeGrand, H. E. 1944-
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Plate tectonics; Plate tectonics -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-407) and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical background: From continental drift to plate tectonics / Naomi Oreskes; title: The early work : from paleomagnetism to sea floor spreading: Stripes on the sea floor / Ron Mason. Reversals of fortune / Frederick J. Vine. The zebra pattern / Lawrence W. Morley. On board the Eltanin-19 / Walter Pitman. The birth of plate tectonics / Neil D. Opdyk; title: Heat flow and seismology: How mobile is the Earth? / Gordon J. MacDonald. Heat flow under the oceans / John G. Sclater. Locating earthquakes and plate boundaries / Bruce A. Bolt. Earthquake seismology in the plate tectonics revolution / Jack Oliver; title: The plate model: Plate tectonics : a surprising way to start a scientific career / Dan McKenzie. When plates were paving stones / Robert L. Parker. My conversion to plate tectonics / Xavier Le Pichon.; title: From the oceans to the continents: Plate tectonics and geology, 1965 to today / John F. Dewey. When the plate tectonic revolution met western North America / Tanya Atwater. The coming of plate tectonics to the Pacific Rim / William R. Dickinson. From plate tectonics to continental tectonics / Peter Molnar; title: Epilogue : Continents really do move: Plate tectonics : a Martian view / David T. Sandwell.