The Origin of Continents and Oceans
by Wegener, AlfredFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-12-14
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary
One of the most influential, most controversial books in science, the classic statement for continental drift. Full 1966 translation. 64 illus.
Author Biography
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) was a German scientist, geophysicist and meteorologist. He is most notable for his 1912 theory of continental drift, which was not accepted until the 1950s, when numerous discoveries such as paleomagnetism confirmed his hypothesis.
Table of Contents
1 Historical Introduction
2 The Nature of the Drift Theory and Its Relationship to Hitherto Prevalent Accounts of Changes in the Earth's Surface Configuration in Geological Times
3 Geodetic Arguments
4 Geophysical Arguments
5 Geological Arguments
6 Palæontological and Biological Arguments
7 Palæoclimatic Arguments
8 Fundamentals of Continental Drift and Polar Wandering
9 The Displacement Forces
10 Supplementary Observations on the Sialsphere
11 Supplementary Observations on the Ocean Floor
Appendix
References
Index
2 The Nature of the Drift Theory and Its Relationship to Hitherto Prevalent Accounts of Changes in the Earth's Surface Configuration in Geological Times
3 Geodetic Arguments
4 Geophysical Arguments
5 Geological Arguments
6 Palæontological and Biological Arguments
7 Palæoclimatic Arguments
8 Fundamentals of Continental Drift and Polar Wandering
9 The Displacement Forces
10 Supplementary Observations on the Sialsphere
11 Supplementary Observations on the Ocean Floor
Appendix
References
Index
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