
Continental Drift, Secular Motion of the Pole, and Rotation of the Earth
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 21. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 109 pages
978-94-010-3283-4 (ISBN)
Description
AGU American Geophysical Union BIH Bureau International de l'Heure FAGS Federation of Astronomical and Geophysical Services lAG International Association of Geodesy IAU International Astronomical Union ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions ILS International Latitude Service IPMS International Polar Motion Service International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics IUGG PZT Photographic Zenith Tube UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization INTRODUCTION The hypothesis of continental drift has become of increasing interest to geophysicists in recent years. The IUGG Upper Mantle Committee has stated that the hypothesis of continental drift envisages horizontal displacements of the continents over th- sands of kilometers, and that it is a principal objective of the Upper Mantle Project to prove whether or not continental drift has occurred. The origin of the hypothesis may be traced to the close similarity in outlines of the coasts on the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean. The theory that the eastern and western hemispheres are drifting apart was expounded in particular by A. Wegener. Modern geophysical theories seek to explain paleomagnetic observations by - suming that two things have occurred in the past: (a) large-scale polar wandering, and (b) continental drift. A direct confirmation of drift, if it exists, is greatly desired. Attempts have been made to prove that continental drift has occurred from - served changes in latitude and longitude. It was thought by some, in fact, that such changes had been detected.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1968
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
6 s/w Abbildungen
VI, 109 p. 6 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
198 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-010-3283-4 (9789401032834)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-3281-0
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Wm. Markowitz | B. Guinot
Continental Drift, Secular Motion of the Pole, and Rotation of the Earth
Book
07/1970
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€96.00
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