The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth Century

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David Roger Oldroyd
Geological Society of London, 2002 - Science - 369 pages
 

Contents

writing about twentieth century geology
1
from an Earth to a planetary science in the
17
mathematical
59
A Norman Levi Bowen 18871956 and igneous rock diversity
99
new science
113
the formative years
143
from radioactivity to
167
E RYABUKHIN A G Russian geology and the plate tectonics
185
LE GRAND H E Plate tectonics terranes and continental geology
199
Marie Tharp oceanographic cartographer and her
215
TORRENS H S Some personal thoughts on stratigraphic precision in the twentieth century
251
a history of
273
late twentieth century
329
Index
353
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