Next Supercontinent

Name: Next Supercontinent
Brand: The University of Chicago Press
SKU: 9780226824918
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Solving the Puzzle of a Future Pangea

Szerző: Ross Mitchell

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Kötés: Kemény kötésű

Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press

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An internationally recognized scientist shows that Earth’s separate continents, once together in Pan...

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Szerző

Ross Mitchell

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Kemény kötésű

Kiadva

2023

oldal

304

EAN

9780226824918

ISBN

0226824918

Enbook ID

41616296

Kiadó

The University of Chicago Press

Súly

472

Méretek

140 x 216

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An internationally recognized scientist shows that Earth’s separate continents, once together in Pangea, are again on a collision course. You’ve heard of Pangea, the single landmass that broke apart some 175 million years ago to give us our current continents, but what about its predecessors, Rodinia or Columbia? These “supercontinents” from Earth’s past provide evidence that land repeatedly joins and separates. While scientists debate what that next supercontinent will look like—and what to name it—they all agree: one is coming. In this engaging work, geophysicist Ross Mitchell invites readers to remote (and sometimes treacherous) lands for evidence of past supercontinents, delves into the phenomena that will birth the next, and presents the case for the future supercontinent of Amasia, defined by the merging of North America and Asia. Introducing readers to plate tectonic theory through fieldwork adventures and accessible scientific descriptions, Mitchell considers flows deep in the Earth’s mantle to explain Amasia’s future formation and shows how this developing theory can illuminate other planetary mysteries. He then poses the inevitable question: how can humanity survive the intervening 200 million years necessary to see Amasia? An expert on the supercontinent cycle, Mitchell offers readers a front-row seat to a slow-motion mystery and an ongoing scientific debate.

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