Plate Tectonics and Great Earthquakes : : 50 Years of Earth-Shaking Events / / Lynn R. Sykes.

The theory of plate tectonics transformed earth science. The hypothesis that the earth's outermost layers consist of mostly rigid plates that move over an inner surface helped describe the growth of new seafloor, confirm continental drift, and explain why earthquakes and volcanoes occur in some...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 72 b&w illustrations and 31 color plates in an insert
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