Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans (International Geophysics)
Editorial Reviews
Brad Pillans, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
Overall, there are many impressive things about this book. The concise writing style, objective assessment of data, and rigorous numerical analysis. . ."
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"Overall, there are many impressive things about this book. The concise writing style, objective assessment of data, rigorous numerical analysis, and the shear breadth of material covered all combine to convey an overwhelming sense of authority. However, what pleased me most was the way in which it grew from the nuts and bolts of geomagnetic and paleomagnetic measurements and analyses, to finish with something approaching a unified theory of a billion years of geological history. In the end, I was enthralled!"
--Brad Pillans, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
"McElhinny and McFadden's work follows up the excellent volume, The Magnetic Field of the Earth: Paleomagnetism, the Core, and the Deep Mantle, by Ronald T. Merrill, McElhinny, and McFadden (CH, Feb '97), which necessitates some overlap. It represents an excellent effort by the authors... It is probably the most up-to-date work available paleomagnetism. ...the best book for teaching paleomagnetism. Upper-division undergraduates and up."
--M.S. Field, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;CHOICE MAGAZINE, July/August 2000
"The book focuses more on natural aspects of paleomagnetism and its importance for geology. Some fields, e.g., statistical methods in paleomagnetism and paleomagnetism of the oceanic floor are covered extensively, showing current state-of-the-art to the extent hardly met in other geophysical books. This book also has its own well balanced scientific philosophy which is based on well selected, firm observations."
--Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158 (2001)
Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans (International Geophysics)
Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans (International Geophysics),Michael W. McElhinny,Phillip L. McFadden,Academic Press,0124833551,Earth Sciences - General,Earth Sciences - Geology,Geophysics,Magnetism,Paleomagnetism,Paleontology,Physics,Plate Tectonics,Science,Science/Mathematics,Science / Earth Sciences
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