The Earth Inside and Out: Some Major Contributions to Geology in the Twentieth CenturyDavid Roger Oldroyd |
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 |
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