Stories from the Deep Earth: How Scientists Figured Out What Drives Tectonic Plates and Mountain Building...

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Geoffrey F. Davies

Stories from the Deep Earth

How Scientists Figured Out What Drives Tectonic Plates and Mountain Building

Geoffrey F. Davies

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
05 January 2023

Geophysics; Geochemistry

Plate tectonics can drift continents and push up mountains, but what drives the plates? This is an insider’s account of how we answered questions posed over two centuries ago, and completed geology’s quest for a driving mechanism. Forging through confusing evidence, apparent contradictions and raging debates we arrived at not one but two mechanisms: sinking plates and rising plumes.

By: Geoffrey F. Davies
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2022
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 326g
ISBN: 9783030913618
ISBN 10: 3030913619
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 05 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Geoff Davies is a retired geophysicist with degrees from Monash University in Australia and the California Institute of Technology. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and held several academic positions, concluding at the Australian National University. He has published two scientific books and over 100 scientific papers. His work focusses on mantle dynamics and related topics, as well as the interaction of mantle convection and the thermal evolution of the earth’s interior, which controls the tectonic evolution of the earth.