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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: The Origin of Continents and OceansUser Review - Marts (Thinker) - GoodreadsMuch reference is usually made of this text in terms of geographical discussions surrounding the plate tectonic theory... It most definitely is a pivotal work introducing and explaining this... Read full review Review: The Origin of Continents and OceansUser Review - Keriann - GoodreadsVery thick science. But a good review of how Oceans, and their history, were thought of prior to the plate tectonics paradigm. In fact, it is tenable that without this book, plate tectonics would have never been possible as a hypothesis. Read full review Related books
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Common terms and phrasesaccording Africa already Antarctica appears areas Asia assumed Atlantic Australia axial shift axis basalt beds Carboniferous climate coast compression configuration continental blocks continental drift continents corresponding Cretaceous crustal curves definite depth Devonian direction displacement distribution drift theory earth earth's crust earth's surface eastem Eocene equator equatorial Europe explained fact fauna field figures finally find first fit float flora flow fluid folds formation formed fossil geological geophysics glaciation gneiss Gondwana Graham Land gravity Greenland illustrations India inland ice island arcs isostasy Jurassic land bridges latitude layer longitude Madagascar marginal chains material mountains movement North America northem ocean basins ocean floors Pacific period Permian Permo-Carboniferous polar climate polar wandering pole-flight force poles present-day question rain belt range recent reconstruction region relative result rift rock rotation sea floor sea level sediments sial significance sima South southem Spitsbergen Tertiary thickness tion transgression viscosity westwards Zealand zone Bibliographic information
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