TY - GEN AU - Cox, Allan AU - Hart, Robert Brain TI - Plate tectonics: how it works SN - 9780865423138 U1 - 551.136 COX PY - 2008/// CY - Palo Alto PB - Blackwell Scientific Publication KW - Geodynamic KW - Geometry KW - Earthquake KW - Velocities KW - Vectors N1 - Includes Index and Index of references N2 - Palaeomagnetism, plates, hot spots, trenches and ridges are the subject of this unusual book. Plate Tectonics is a book of exercises and background information that introduces and demonstrates the basics of the subject. In a lively and lucid manner, it brings together a great deal of material in spherical trigonometry that is necessary to understand plate tectonics and the research literature written about it. It is intended for use in first year graduate courses in geophysics and tectonics, and provides a guide to the quantitative understanding of plate tectonics. https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Plate-Tectonics-by-Allan-Cox-Robert-Brian-Hart/9780865423138 ER -