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Year: 1,972
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Language: English
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Geology
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Plate Tectonics
Sedimentary
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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