Rheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins (MARGINS Theoretical and Experimental Earth Science Series)
Contributors: Garry D. Karner (Editor); Brian Taylor (Editor); Neal W. Driscoll (Editor); David L. Kohlstedt (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: March 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780231127387
Subjects: Geology & the lithosphere; Political Science; Science; Politics/International Relations; Earth Sciences - Geology; Science / Geology; International Relations - Diplomacy; Continental margins; Crust; Earth; Mantle; Rock deformation
First sentence: The earliest ideas about continental drift (Wegener 1929) were based on the observation that the eastern coasts of North and South America matched the shape of the western coasts of Europe and Africa.