- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Key Porter Kids; 1 edition (Aug 15 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 155263860X
- ISBN-13: 978-1552638606
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,273,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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What a story! The characters are entire continents--moving around the surface of the Earth, crashing into each other, crushing islands, raising mountain ranges and opening and closing vast oceans--and the plot is nothing less than the formation of the planet on which we live. The world`s geological past is a mystery of vanished oceans, towering mountain ranges and crashing continents. How did these evolutionary changes happen? In Canada, a scientific project called Lithoprobe uses huge earth-pounding trucks known as "dancing elephants." Scientists send shockwaves deep down to the Earth`s crust which bounce back once they have hit a surface below. The readings show what is going on below the earth`s surface right down to the tectonic plates that underlie the land beneath our feet. With this information, scientists can now map the Earth`s core and solve the mysteries of its evolution. Dancing Elephants and Floating Continents provides a fascinating and readily understandable explanation of the history of the Earth--how it has evolved and changed--and how it continues to change, shift and grow. Filled with detailed, full-colour illustrations and original lithographic prints of the Earth`s core, this is a unique, educational and just plain cool view of the Earth we stand on.
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