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Around 30 years ago, two things happened that were to revolutionize the understanding of our home planet. First, geologists realized that the continents themselves were drifting across the surface of the globe and that oceans were being created and destroyed. Secondly, pictures of the entire planet were returned from space. Suddenly, the Earth began to be viewed as a single entity; a dynamic, interacting whole, controlled by complex processes we scarcely understood.

This Introduction explores emerging geological research and explains how new advances in the understanding of plate tectonics, seismology, and satellite imagery have enabled us to begin to see the Earth as it actually is: dynamic and ever changing.

ISBN-13: 9780192803078

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 09-25-2003

Pages: 160

Product Dimensions: 6.86(w) x 4.36(h) x 0.38(d)

Series: Very Short Introductions #90

Martin Redfern studied geology at University College London. He has written extensively for magazines and newspapers such as New Scientist, The Economist, the Sunday Times, and the Independent on Sunday.

Table of Contents

1. Dynamic Planet
2. Deep Time
3. Deep Earth
4. Under the Sea
5. Drifting Continents
6. Volcanoes
7. When the Ground Shakes
Epilogue