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MARC recordThe role of Antarctica in the development of plate tectonic theories: from Scott to the present / M.R.A. Thomson, Alan P.M. Vaughan.
| Title: | The role of Antarctica in the development of plate tectonic theories: from Scott to the present / M.R.A. Thomson, Alan P.M. Vaughan. |
| Author(s): | Thomson, M. R. A. Vaughan, Alan P. M. |
| Date: | 2005. |
| Abstract: | Overview of geological research in and around Antarctica since Scott's 1901-04 Discovery expedition. Includes role of 1957-58 International Geophysical Year in promoting geological research; Antarctica and Gondwana; new insights into plate tectonics, microplate mobility and continental break-up, Rodinia and snowball earth, Gondwana break-up and supermagmatic episodes, and possible directions of future research. |
| Notes: | Offprint: Archives of Natural History. Vol. 32(2) :362-393. In special issue A century of Discovery : Antarctic exploration and the Southern Ocean. |
| Keywords: | 5(091) -- History of science. 551.1/.4 -- Geology. 551.24 -- Geotectonics. 93"19" -- Twentieth century. .000(410) -- British author. A -- Geophysical sciences (general). (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (217.5) -- Gondwana. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*7) : 5(091) |
| SPRI record no.: | 177174 |
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