Description: Plate Tectonics : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Molnar, Peter, ISBN 0198728263, ISBN-13 9780198728269, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The 1960s revealed a new and revolutionary idea in geological thought: that the continents drift with respect to one another. After having been dismissed for decades as absurd, the concept gradually became part of geologys basic principles. We now know that the Earths crust and upper mantle
consist of a small number of rigid plates that move, and there are significant boundaries between pairs of plates, usually known as earthquake belts.
Plate tectonics now explains much of the structure and phenomena we see today: how oceans form, widen, and disappear; why earthquakes and volcanoes are found in distinct zones which follow plate boundaries; how the great mountain ranges of the world were built. The impact of plate tectonics is
studied closely as these processes continue: the Himalaya continues to grow, the Atlantic is widening, and new oceans are forming. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Molnar provides a succinct and authoritative account of the nature and mechanisms of plate tectonics and its impact on our
understanding of Earth.
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Book Title: Plate Tectonics : a Very Short Introduction
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.3 in
Topic: Earth Sciences / Geology, Earth Sciences / General
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Genre: Science
Item Weight: 4.4 Oz
Author: Peter Molnar
Item Length: 6.9 in
Item Width: 4.5 in
Book Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
