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Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction [#425]
Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction [#425]
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今でこそプレートテクトニクスを理解する上で主流となっている、「大陸が動く」という概念は、これが唱えられ始めた1960年代にはあまりに斬新な発想で、受入られるまで長い年月を必要としました。海洋の形成、拡大、消失や、地震、火山活動、また山脈の形成などを概括するとともに、ヒマラヤ山脈や大西洋が今も拡大を続けていることや、新たな海が生まれている現状にも言及します。
  

  • A succinct and authoritative account of the nature and mechanisms of plate tectonics
  • Explains how data on plate tectonics is obtained
  • Explores the evolution of the concept of continental drift and its impact on our understanding of the world

   
The 1960s revealed a new and revolutionary idea in geological thought: that the continents drift with respect to one another. After having been dismissed for decades as absurd, the concept gradually became part of geology's basic principles. We now know that the Earth's crust and upper mantle consist of a small number of rigid plates that move, and there are significant boundaries between pairs of plates, usually known as earthquake belts. 
  
Plate tectonics now explains much of the structure and phenomena we see today: how oceans form, widen, and disappear; why earthquakes and volcanoes are found in distinct zones which follow plate boundaries; how the great mountain ranges of the world were built. The impact of plate tectonics is studied closely as these processes continue: the Himalaya continues to grow, the Atlantic is widening, and new oceans are forming. In this Very Short Introduction Peter Molnar provides a succinct and authoritative account of the nature and mechanisms of plate tectonics and its impact on our understanding of Earth.

目次: 

1: The basic idea
2: Seafloor spreading and magnetic anomalies
3: Fracture zones and transform faults
4: Subduction of oceanic lithosphere
5: Rigid plates of lithosphere
6: Tectonics of continents
7: Tectonics of continents
Further reading
Index

著者について: 

Peter Molnar is Professor of Geological Sciences in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado.

"This excellent guide to the plate tectonics revolution joins the superb Very Short Introduction series ... The book is peppered with engaging images ... illustrated with beautifully produced line drawings." - Dr Chris Pyle, Geography
 

"yet another informative and engaging book in the wonderful Very Short Introductions series." - Guardian Online, Grrl Scientist

商品情報

ISBN : 9780198728269

著者: 
Peter Molnar
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160 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2015年03月
シリーズ
Very Short Introductions
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Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction [#425]

Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction [#425]

Plate Tectonics: A Very Short Introduction [#425]