The evolving continents
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The evolving continents
Wiley, c1995
3rd ed
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  Fukushima
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
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  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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  Netherlands
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [466]-515) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study provides a history of the Earth which enables readers to gain an integrated overview of many different aspects of the Earth sciences. The author discusses the geological record of plate tectonics from a continental standpoint, instead of concentrating on the development of the ocean floor. This edition has been revised to include a new section, in each chapter, dealing with recent developments.
Table of Contents
- The Plate Tectonic Paradigm
- Palaeoclimatology and the Fossil Record
- Rifts to Oceans
- Island Acres
- The Variscan Orogen
- Caledonian-Appalachian Orogen
- Late Proterozoic Orogens.
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