Plate tectonics
Tomecek, Steve
Plate tectonics [electronic resource] / Stephen M. Tomecek - New York : Chelsea House, c2009 - 1 online resource (102 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), maps - Science foundations . - Science foundations (Chelsea House (Firm)) .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index
Reading the rocks -- Drifting continents -- Radioactivity heats things up -- Under the sea -- Getting the inside story -- Putting plate tectonic theory to the test
Examines the evolution of plate tectonic theory from its beginnings as a wild idea of drifting continents to its acceptance as the main concept that drives geology today
Mode of access: Internet
9781438120102 (electronic bk.) 1438120109 (electronic bk.) 9781604130140 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1604130148 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Plate tectonics--Popular works
Geology--Juvenile literature
Continental drift--Juvenile literature
Plate tectonics [electronic resource] / Stephen M. Tomecek - New York : Chelsea House, c2009 - 1 online resource (102 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), maps - Science foundations . - Science foundations (Chelsea House (Firm)) .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96) and index
Reading the rocks -- Drifting continents -- Radioactivity heats things up -- Under the sea -- Getting the inside story -- Putting plate tectonic theory to the test
Examines the evolution of plate tectonic theory from its beginnings as a wild idea of drifting continents to its acceptance as the main concept that drives geology today
Mode of access: Internet
9781438120102 (electronic bk.) 1438120109 (electronic bk.) 9781604130140 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 1604130148 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
Plate tectonics--Popular works
Geology--Juvenile literature
Continental drift--Juvenile literature