The Ocean of Truth : : A Personal History of Global Tectonics /

The Ocean of Truth : : A Personal History of Global Tectonics / / Henry William Menard.

Menard begins with the leading hypotheses (such as that the earth expands) and the supporting evidence for each. He traces the crucial work of the 1960s year by year as researchers debated hypotheses in correspondence and at frequent meetings. Throughout the book Professor Menard considers the impli...

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Menard, Henry William,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1986
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Series in Geology and Paleontology ; 63
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO H. W. MENARD --   |t CONTENTS --   |t ILLUSTRATIONS --   |t PREFACE --   |t Chapter 1. THE DUST ON HESS'S SLATE --   |t Chapter 2. THE DREAM OF A GREAT POET --   |t Chapter 3. I KEEP MY SHIPS AT SEA --   |t Chapter 4. FINDING SMOOTHER PEBBLES --   |t Chapter 5. DISCOVERY OF FRACTURE ZONES AND SEA-FLOOR PROVINCES --   |t Chapter 6. DISCOVERY AND USE OF MYSTERIOUS MAGNETIC ANOMALIES --   |t Chapter 7. MEANWHILE DRIFTING ASHORE --   |t Chapter 8. DISCOVERY OF MEDIAN RIFT --   |t Chapter 9. BLUE WATER, GREEN ROCK: THE ADMIRAL'S MANTLE --   |t Chapter 10. OCEANIC TRENCHES --   |t Chapter 11. THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RIDGES --   |t Chapter 12. THE EXPANDING EARTH --   |t Chapter 13. SEA-FLOOR SPREADING --   |t Chapter 14. 1960 --   |t Chapter 15. 1961-1962 THE REVOLUTION BEGINS --   |t Chapter 16. 1963-1964 INCREASING TENSION --   |t Chapter 17. 1963-1964 MAGNETIC REVERSALS AND THE VINE-MATTHEWS HYPOTHESIS --   |t Chapter 18. 1963-1964 CONTINENTAL DRIFT --   |t Chapter 19. 1965 SEA-FLOOR SPREADING CONFIRMED --   |t Chapter 20. 1966 CONVERSION OF THE INVOLVED --   |t Chapter 21. THE OCEAN OF TRUTH --   |t EPILOGUE --   |t ABSTRACT OF CHRONOLOGY LOGARITHMIC SCALE --   |t NOTES --   |t BIBLIOGRAPHY --   |t INDEX --   |t Backmatter 
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