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Year: 1,972
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Tags: Geology Geomorphology Plate Tectonics Sedimentary Structural Volcanology Earth Sciences Science & Math
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Toc: 1. INTRODUCTION: A GLOBAL APPROACH 1 2. SURFACE FEATURES OF THE EARTH 5 3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EARTH AND ITS INTERIOR 17 4. GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND THE GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE 47 5. THE NATURE OF THE CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY AND THE GABBRO-ECLOGITE PHASE TRANSITION 63 6. THE COMPOSITION AND MINERALOGY OF THE EARTH'S MANTLE 93 7. THE STRUCTURE, AND COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST 139 8. MAGMA GENERATION 167 9. GEOSYNCLINES AND THE OROGENIC CYCLE: CLASSICAL VIEWS 211 10.TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PHASE TRANSITIONS 233 11. CONTINENTAL DRIFT: DEBATE OF THE CENTURY 255 12. PALEOMAGNETISM, POLAR WANDERING, AND SPREADING SEA FLOORS 269 13. MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE OCEAN BASIN 307 14. PLATE TECTONICS 343 15. GLOBAL GEOLOGY IN THE 1970's 373 REFERENCES 379 AUTHOR INDEX 393 SUBJECT INDEX 399