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Continents in collision / by Russell Miller and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Title
- Continents in collision / by Russell Miller and the editors of Time-Life Books.
- Author
- Miller, Russell.
- Publication
- Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, c1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QE511.4 .M54 1983 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Time-Life Books
- Description
- 176 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- Presents evidence supporting Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. Explains plate tectonics and discusses what is known of the earth's crust and upper mantle.
- Series Statement
- Planet earth
- Uniform Title
- Planet earth.
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 170-171.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A mysterious and mobile Earth -- The "impossible hypothesis" -- Answers from the abyss -- The rise of a new order -- The slow dance of the continents -- Essays: Making sense of mountains ; Africa's improbable valley ; The continuing creation of Iceland ; Probing the deep in a pygmy sub ; Explaining a dynamic Earth ; The once and future Earth.
- ISBN
- 0809443244 :
- 0809443252 (lib. bdg.)
- LCCN
- ^^^82016778^
- OCLC
- 8762406
- SCSB-10030266
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library