Continental Drift

Content: 
International Geophysics Series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

List of Contributors
Page v

Preface
Page vii
S.K. RUNCORN

Chapter 1 - Palaeomagnetic Evidence for Continental Drift and its Geophysical Cause
Pages 1-2,2a,3-40
S.K. RUNCORN

Chapter 2 - Palaeoclimatology and Continental Drift
Pages 41-65
N.D. OPDYKE

Chapter 3 - Movements in the Earth\'s Crust as Indicated by Earthquakes
Pages 67-102
JOHN H. HODGSON

Chapter 4 - Movements on Major Transcurrent Faults
Pages 103-134
HUGO BENIOFF

Chapter 5 - Magnetic Evidence for Horizontal Displacements in the Floor of the Pacific Ocean
Pages 135,135a,136-144
VICTOR VACQUIER

Chapter 6 - Thermal Convection in the Earth\'s Mantle
Pages 145-176
F.A. VENING MEINESZ

Chapter 7 - The Theory of Convection in Spherical Shells and its Application to the Problem of Thermal Convection in the Earth\'s Mantle
Pages 177-194
T. CHAMALAUN, P.H. ROBERTS

Chapter 8 - Mountain-Building Hypotheses
Pages 195-234
P. CHADWICK

Chapter 9 - The Deep-Sea Floor
Pages 235-288
BRUCE C. HEEZEN

Chapter 10 - Ocean-Basin Evolution by Sea-Floor Spreading
Pages 289-298
ROBERT S. DIETZ

Chapter 11 - Comparisons of Pacific and Atlantic Ocean Floors in Relation to Ideas of Continental Displacement
Pages 299-307
T.F. GASKELL

Chapter 12 - Memories of Alfred Wegener
Pages 309-324
J. GEORGI

Author Index
Pages 325-329

Subject Index
Pages 331-338