Quantum mechanics? Something to do with genetics, perhaps? One discovery that ought to be on everyone's rundown is plate tectonics - the description of how the rigid outer shell of our planet (its ...

This unique book presents an overview of isostasy ... excellent companion to plate techtonics and geodynamics texts. For researchers, it provides a firm founadation for inclusion of regional isostatic ...

A discussion of the stratigraphy, igneous cycles, tectonics and mineral deposits ... be discussed include measurement of geological time; isostasy and anomalies of gravity; terrestrial magnetism ...