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March 27, 2017 | Earth Sciences

By Kent C. Condie

This considerably revised version comprises lately released info in terms of plate tectonics and continental beginning. a good number of new figures were additional, and new sections incorporated on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle assets and evolution, continental development, secular alterations in Earth heritage, additionally a brand new bankruptcy on exogenic Earth structures. additionally the subsequent themes were considerably revised: lunar starting place, worldwide gravity, foundation of the middle, metamorphism, plate barriers, hotspots, tectonic settings, and magma institutions. one of the new good points the Tectonic Map of the realm has additionally been updated.

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