Full Description
Since the early decades of the last century, some eminent European scientists have contributed to the creation of a new perspective of our planet Earth. Some outstanding scientific articles were published in the journal Geologische Rundschau (now International Journal of Earth Sciences), mostly in German. These milestones of geoscientific research are available in English for the first time and are presented in this volume. Famous authors include for example Alfred Wegener, a pioneer of modern geology, Gustav Steinmann, Alexander Du Toit, Wolfgang Schott, Hans Cloos and Carl W. Correns. The reader will find a wealth of information about how new insights in specific fields have influenced the development of geoscientific research.
Contents
The origins of continents.- Are there ancient deep-sea deposits of geologic significance?.- Amerika und Eurafrika: the origin of the Atlantic-Arctic Ocean.- Stratigraphy of recent deep-sea sediments based upon foraminiferal fauna.- No geology without marine geology.- The physical-chemical conditions relating to the formation of salt deposits and their application to geologic problems.- The chemical and structural metamorphosis of coals.- Geochronology of the last 12,000 years.- On experimental tectonics.- Fluid inclusions with gas bubbles as geothermometers.- Investigating the Earth's crust with the help of explosions.- The structure of the Earth's crust in Europe.
