WAY THE EARTH WORKS, THE

Introduction: Time for a New Theory; Revolution in the Earth Sciences; The Earth's Solid Surface; Earthquakes: Their Effects and Distribution; Earthquakes and the Theory of Plate Tectonics; The Geological Cycle; Earthquake Waves and the Inside of the Earth; The Earth's Magnetic Field and Magnetized Rocks; The History of the Earth's Magnetic Field: Polarity Reversals; Magnetic Anomalies and the Sea-Floor Spreading Model; Continental Drift and Paleomagnetism; Paths of Polar Wandering and Migration of the Continents; A Revolution Proclaimed--the Evidence Challenged; Voyages of the Glomar Challenger, and Deep-Sea Sediments; The Diversity and Extinction of Species; Causes of Plate Tectonics; Exploration of the Moon; Environmental Geology and Earthquake Prediction.