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1 online resource (113 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Geology Ser. ; v.28 |
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Routledge Library Editions: Geology Ser
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| Contents |
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Major features of the surface of the Earth -- 1.2 The purpose and organisation of this book -- Chapter 2 Continental Drift -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The evidence for continental drift -- 2.3 The evolution of the present pattern of continents -- 2.4 Continental drift and climatic change -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3 The Internal Structure and Mechanisms of the Earth -- 3.1 The bulk composition of the Earth |
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3.2 Seismic investigations of the Earth's interior -- 3.3 The internal structure of the Earth -- 3 . 4 Heat flow and convection within the mantle -- 3.5 Plate tectonics -- Chapter 4 Constructive Plate Margins -- 4.1 Ocean ridges -- 4.2 Continental rift valleys -- 4.3 The breakup of continents -- Chapter 5 The Surface of the Moving Plates -- 5.1 Volcanic activity on the plate surface -- 5.2 Denudation and sedimentation -- 5.3 Eustatic and isostatic changes of land and sea level -- 5.4 Coral reefs -- Chapter 6 Destructive Plate Margins -- 6.1 The ocean trench island are system |
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6.2 Mountain chains -- 6.3 Mountain chains and the subduction of the lithosphere -- 6.4 The growth of continents and orogenic cycles -- 6.5 Orogenic belts of the British Isles -- Chapter 7 Volcanoes and Earthquakes -- 7.1 The distribution of volcanoes and lava types -- 7.2 Lava type, eruption pattern and volcanic products -- 7.3 Examples of the main types of volcanice ruption -- 7.4 Earthquakes in a world setting -- 7.5 The effects of earthquakes and man's response to the hazard -- Appendix A Rocks and Minerals -- A.1 Igneous rock minerals -- A.2 Igneous rocks -- A.3 Sedimentary minerals |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000046496 |
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1000046494 |
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