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Sea Floor Spreading and Continental Drift

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  1. Jean Coulomb
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Part of the book series: Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs (GAAM, volume 2)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Seismic Geography and Ocean Bathymetry

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 1-16

  3. Results of Magnetic Measures at Sea. Transverse Fractures

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 17-34

  4. Reversals of the Earth’s Magnetic Field. Vine and Matthews’ Hypothesis

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 35-47

  5. Ocean Spreading

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 48-62

  6. Continental Drift

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 63-80

  7. Study of the Oceanic Crust by Seismic Refraction and Gravimetry

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 81-101

  8. Heat Flow through the Ocean Floor

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 102-116

  9. Nature of the Upper Mantle and Theories of Convection

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 117-134

  10. Oceans and Continents. Conclusion

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 135-144

  11. Recent Progress

    • Jean Coulomb
    Pages 145-175

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 100-110
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About this book

Studies of the magnetic anomalies paralleling ocean ridges have furnished partisans of continental drift with decisive arguments. To take stock of this important question, my colleague Thellier and I decided in the early summer of 1967 to make it the subject of the annual seminar on Earth physics for the school year 1967-68. Although research was still developing rapidly, the General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics held in Switzerland in September, particularly some of the meetings in Zurich under the auspices of the International Committee for the Upper Mantle, appeared to confirm that we had made no important omissions. At the con­ clusion of the seminar, where I had been responsible for most of the lectures, I resolved to write the present volume for the non-specialized scientific reader. The project turned out to be a good deal more ambitious than I had thought. It is quite an undertaking nowadays to try to survey a rapidly growing subject, first of all because of the difficulty of gathering material; publication delays are now nearing one year, with the result that specialists communicate largely through a selective distribution of reports, as well as verbally in frequent colloquia. I warmly thank those who helped me in getting unpublished literature, especially Xavier Le Pichon. Even so, some essential work came to my knowledge only lately.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sea Floor Spreading and Continental Drift

  • Authors: Jean Coulomb

  • Series Title: Geophysics and Astrophysics Monographs

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2899-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht-Holland 1972

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0232-6Published: 31 December 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0238-8Published: 31 December 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2899-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 186

  • Additional Information: Originally published in French

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy

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