The exploration of our solar system begins in our own backyard
compared with ancient and present-day plate margins
Editors: Simonetta Monechi
Seventeen papers included in the assessment section document significant efforts by numerous geoscientists to tackle various aspects of the problem
a series of papers presents new
When Did Plate Tectonics Begin on Planet Earth? 1-1-001-323-4330-323 The exploration of our solarEditors: Kent C. Condie and Victoria Pease Buy the e book (not available in print) Inspired by a GSA Penrose Conference held in Lander, Wyoming, June 14 18, 2006, this volume discusses the beginning and evolution of plate tectonics on Earth, and gives readers an introduction to some of the uncertainties and controversies related to the evolution of the planet. In the first three sections of the book, which cover isotopic, geochemical, metamorphic,