Research Catalog

Theory of continental drift ; a symposium on the origin and movement of land masses, both inter-continental and intra-continental, as proposed by Alfred Wegener

Title
Theory of continental drift ; a symposium on the origin and movement of land masses, both inter-continental and intra-continental, as proposed by Alfred Wegener / by W.A.J.M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht, Bailey Willis, Rollin T. Chamberlin [and others].
Author
American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Publication
Tulsa, Oklahoma : The American Association of Petroleum Geologists ; London : Thomas Murby & Co., 1928.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
Request for On-site UseRequest Scan
Not available - Please for assistance.
TextUse in library 85375.122Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
Waterschoot van der Gracht, W. A. J. M. van (Willem Anton Joseph Maria), 1873-1943.
Description
x, 240 pages : illustrations, diagrams, maps; 24 cm
Alternative Title
Continental drift, Theory of
Subject
  • Wegener, Alfred, 1880-1930
  • Continental drift
  • Physical geography
  • continental drift
  • physical geography
Note
  • "Discussion on continental drift, at the New York meeting of the American association of petroleum geologists, November 15, 1926."
Bibliography (note)
  • "Most important bibliography": p.3.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online.
Contents
Introduction : the problem of continental drift / W.A.J.M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht -- Continental drift / Bailey Willis -- Some of the objections to Wegener's theory / Rollin T. Chamberlin -- Continental movement / John Joly -- Wegener's continental drift / G.A.F. Molengraaff -- Wegener's hypothesis / J.W. Gregory -- Two notes concerning my theory of continental drift / Alfred Wegener -- The hypothesis of continental displacement / Charles Schuchert -- Some physical tests of the displacement hypothesis / Chester R. Longwell -- Sliding continents and tidal and rotational forces / Frank Bursley Taylor -- Comments on the Wegener hypothesis / William Bowie -- Discussion of floating continents / David White -- Discussion of Wegener theory / Joseph T. Singewald, Jr. -- Comments on the Wegener hypothesis / Edward W. Berry -- Remarks regarding the papers offered by the other contributors to the symposium / W.A.J.M. van Waterschoot van der Gracht.
LCCN
28012008
OCLC
  • ocm02705286
  • 2705286
  • SCSB-297999
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library