Geology Today Understanding Our Planet Author:Barbara W. Murck, Brian J. Skinner, Elizabeth Heise, Amanda Palmer Julson Contains a brief history of the geologic theories about continental drift, and the observations that ultimately led to the development of the theory of plate tectonics. Helps to demonstrate that the landscape we see at the surface of the Earth is a function of the interactions between internal and external processes. Emphasis on the basic concep... more »ts of modern physical geography, and on terminology, history and classification schemes.« less
ISBN-13: 9780471658412 ISBN-10: 0471658413 Publication Date: 4/21/2006 Pages:464 Edition:2nd International ed Rating: