Plates vs. plumes: a geological controversy
Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now amounts to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. In the early 21st century demand became relentless for a theory that can explain melting anomalies in a way that fits the observations naturally and is forwar…
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- Full title :Plates vs. plumes : a geological controversy / Gillian R. Foulger.
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Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now amounts to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. In the early 21st century demand became relentless for a theory that can explain melting anomalies in a way that fits the observations naturally and is forward-predictive. From this the Plate hypothesis emerged-the exact inverse of the Plume hypothesis. The P.
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- Publication Date:2010.
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- Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
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- Description:Online Ressource (xi, 328 Seiten) : : Illustrationen (some color), Karten
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- ISBN:9781444324877, 144432487X, 9781444324860, 1444324861
- oclc:on1039190708
- LC Classification:QE527.7
- Dewey Decimal:551.21
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