Plate Tectonics

Name: Plate Tectonics
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ISBN: 9780761339366

ISBN-10: 0761339361

ISBN-13: 9780761339366

Edition: 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn

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Have you ever experienced an earthquake or watched a volcanic eruption on the news? If not, it might be hard to imagine that the ground is constantly moving beneath you as plates of the Earth's crust slide over molten lava. Usually, the plates are moving only about as fast as your fingernails grow, but even the slowest movement can eventually cause enormous changes. Over time, Earth's shifting plates have created mountain ranges and canyons-they have even separated continents. Well-known science writers Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn explain the theory of plate tectonics and how moving plates can cause some of the scariest natural disasters: earthquakes,…

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List price: $31.93
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 120
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Our Planet Earth


Discovering Plate Tectonics


The Plate Tectonic Theory


Plate Tectonics in Action


Volcanoes: The Fire Within


Earthquakes: On Shaky Ground


Plate Tectonics and the Future


Glossary


Selected Bibliography


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