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Alfred Wegener: the father of continental drift / Martin Schwartzbach ; introduction to English edition by Anthony Hallam ; and assessment of earth science revolution by I. Bernard Cohen.
Title: | Alfred Wegener: the father of continental drift / Martin Schwartzbach ; introduction to English edition by Anthony Hallam ; and assessment of earth science revolution by I. Bernard Cohen. |
Author(s): | Schwartzbach, Martin. Hallam, Anthony, Cohen, I. Bernard, |
Date: | 1986. |
Publisher: | Berlin: Springer |
Abstract: | First substantial account in English of life and work of German geologist who died on Greenland ice sheet and carried out important polar research in addition to his theoretical work on continental drift. Includes chapter on Wegener's Greenland expeditions and chapter on work in Iceland. |
Keywords: | 92 -- Biographies: Wegener, Alfred Lothar. 551.241 -- Plate tectonics. 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1931-32 Wegener. X -- Biographies and obituaries. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*38) -- Greenland. (*35) -- Iceland. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 92[Wegener, A.] |
SPRI record no.: | 83694 |
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