Plate tectonics [electronic resource] : continental drift and mountain building / Wolfgang Frisch ; Martin Meschede ; Ronald Blakey.

This volume presents an introduction to the field of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's rigid outermost shell. The authors begin with an historical introduction concerning early ideas of continental drift and Earth dynamics...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Frisch, Wolfgang, 1943-
Other Authors:	Meschede, Martin, Blakey, Ronald C., 1945-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag, 2011.
Subjects:	Plate tectonics. Geology, Structural.