ABSTRACT

This book provides an overview of the history of plate tectonics, including in-context definitions of the key terms. It explains how the forerunners of the theory and how scientists working at the key academic institutions competed and collaborated until the theory coalesced.

part 1|27 pages

The Historical Background

part 2|79 pages

The Early Work: From Paleomagnetism to Sea Floor Spreading

chapter 2|15 pages

Stripes on the Sea Floor

chapter 3|21 pages

Reversals of Fortune

chapter 4|19 pages

The Zebra Pattern

chapter 5|9 pages

On Board the Eltanin-19

chapter 6|13 pages

The Birth of Plate Tectonics

part 3|58 pages

Heat Flow and Seismology

part 4|58 pages

The Plate Model

part 6|78 pages

Epilogue: Continents Really Do Move

chapter 18|15 pages

Plate Tectonics: A Martian View