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Continental drift : a study of the earth's moving surface / D. H. Tarling and M. P. Tarling.

By: Tarling, D. H. (Donald Harvey).
Contributor(s): Tarling, Maureen P.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1977Edition: 2nd ed.Description: 154 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0140215336.Subject(s): Continental driftDDC classification: 551.4
Contents:
Introduction: The evolution of the theory -- The continental jigsaw -- The picture on the jigsaw -- Ancient life and environments -- The ancient climates -- The ancient magnetism of rocks -- The ocean floors -- The timing of drift -- The cause of drift -- Significance of the continental drift.

Previous ed.: 1971.

Bibliography: (pages 145-147) and index.

Introduction: The evolution of the theory -- The continental jigsaw -- The picture on the jigsaw -- Ancient life and environments -- The ancient climates -- The ancient magnetism of rocks -- The ocean floors -- The timing of drift -- The cause of drift -- Significance of the continental drift.