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"...Global Tectonics is a fine book. It is excellent as a text for courses, as an overview for graduate students preparing for qualifier or preliminary exams, and as a review for active researchers. In short, it should be on every geoscientist's bookshelf". Journal of Geological Education
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Warmly praised in its first edition, particularly for its careful balance between geology and geophysics, Global Tectonics is an even better textbook in its second edition.
Responding to reviews, comments from instructors and developments in the subject, the authors have significantly extended the book's breadth and restructured some sections. Expanded sections include those on the formation of oceanic crust, the variety of passive continental margins and the nature of convection in the mantle, and a new chapter draws together the material on continental rifts and sedimentary basins.
- Written by very eminent authors. Fred Vine was one of the pioneers of plate tectonic theory.
- Careful balance between geology and geophysics.
- New section of full colour plates.
- Addition of a new chapter drawing together the coverage of continental rifts and sedimentary basins.
- Expanded coverage, particularly of deep seismic reflection, hot spots and petrogenesis.
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Although the theory of the new global tectonics, or plate tectonics, has largely been developed since 1967, the history of ideas concerning a mobilist view of the Earth extends back considerably longer (Rupke, 1970; Tarling & Tarling, 1971; Hallam, 1973a; Vine, 1977; Frankel, 1998). Read the first page
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Although the theory of the new global tectonics, or plate tectonics, has largely been developed since 1967, the history of ideas concerning a mobilist view of the Earth extends back considerably longer (Rupke, 1970; Tarling & Tarling, 1971; Hallam, 1973a; Vine, 1977; Frankel, 1998). Read the first page
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Good Reference Book, Sep 22 2011
By CalcuttaTube "Ankan Basu" - Published on Amazon.com
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The Book may be old, but it is not worthless as per some other reviews here. The book covers the basics pretty well and thats what most of the geo students need. Sure, there may be other books with better pictures, but the concepts that you need for tectonics is sufficiently present in this book.I passed out of college about 10 years back. Read the same book then. Glad to find it on Amazon. I own the book now.
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No slab pull, Feb 13 2011
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I wouldn't recommend this book for someone trying to get a solid foundation in the current state of the field of plate tectonics for several reasons. The writing style of the book can only be described as stodgy and stiff, lacking in verve or color. This is not John McPhee. The book seems a bit out-of-date when you look at the dates of recent references. Very few from the last five years, though it has a copyright date of 2009. The authors seem to like jargon and do not like concise clear phrases. Also, the illustrations seem amateurish, and old-fashioned, often too small for the amount of information in them. It's not a bad book, but much of it was over my head.
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