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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|27 pages
The Historical Background
part 2|79 pages
The Early Work: From Paleomagnetism to Sea Floor Spreading
part 3|58 pages
Heat Flow and Seismology
part 4|58 pages
The Plate Model
part 5|104 pages
From the Oceans to the Continents
part 6|78 pages
Epilogue: Continents Really Do Move