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The Dynamic Earth

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This textbook fulfills a dual need: it provides a unified overview of the whole earth and at the same time it reviews various subjects usually taught as separate courses in earth sciences.

Author(s): Peter J. Wyllie
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year: 1972

Language: English
Pages: 432
Tags: Geology;Geomorphology;Plate Tectonics;Sedimentary;Structural;Volcanology;Earth Sciences;Science & Math

1. INTRODUCTION: A GLOBAL APPROACH 1

2. SURFACE FEATURES OF THE EARTH 5

3. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EARTH AND ITS INTERIOR 17

4. GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND THE GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE 47

5. THE NATURE OF THE CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY AND THE GABBRO-ECLOGITE PHASE TRANSITION 63

6. THE COMPOSITION AND MINERALOGY OF THE EARTH'S MANTLE 93

7. THE STRUCTURE, AND COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH'S CRUST 139

8. MAGMA GENERATION 167

9. GEOSYNCLINES AND THE OROGENIC CYCLE: CLASSICAL VIEWS 211

10.TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF PHASE TRANSITIONS 233

11. CONTINENTAL DRIFT: DEBATE OF THE CENTURY 255

12. PALEOMAGNETISM, POLAR WANDERING, AND SPREADING SEA FLOORS 269

13. MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE OCEAN BASIN 307

14. PLATE TECTONICS 343

15. GLOBAL GEOLOGY IN THE 1970's 373

REFERENCES 379
AUTHOR INDEX 393
SUBJECT INDEX 399