Continents adrift
Subtitle: readings from Scientific American
By: With introductions by J. Tuzo Wilson
Publisher: Freeman
Published: 1970
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Continental drift; Geotectonica
Other titles: Scientific American.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Biographical notes and bibliographies" (p. [161]-167).
Table of contents: title: I.; title: Mobility in the earth.; title: Introduction ;; title: The origin of the earth  -- Harold C. Urey ;; title: The trenches of the Pacific  -- Robert L. Fisher and Roger Revelle ;; title: The origin of continents  -- Marshall Kay ;; title: The interior of the earth  -- K.E. Bullen ;; title: The plastic layer of the earth's mantle  -- Don L. Anderson -- II.; title: Continental drift, sea-floor spreading, and plate tectonics.; title: Introduction ;; title: Continental drift  -- J. Tuzo Wilson ;; title: The confirmation of continental drift  -- Patrick M. Hurley ;; title: Sea-floor spreading  -- J.R. Heirtzler ;; title: The deep-ocean floor  -- H.W. Menard ;; title: The origin of the oceans  -- Sir Edward Bullard -- III.; title: Some consequences and examples of continental drift.; title: Introduction ;; title: Continental drift and evolution  -- Björn Kurtén ;; title: Geosynclines, mountains, and continent-building  -- Robert S. Dietz ;; title: The Afar triangle  -- Haroun Tazieff ;; title: The San Andreas fault  -- Don L. Anderson; title: Conclusion --; title: Biographical notes and bibliographies --; title: Index.