The Not-So-Solid Earth

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1971

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Explores the information gathered by geologists, oceanographers, paleontologists, and mineralogists which support the theory of "continental drift." Shows how Atlantic Ocean core samples radiating out from the mid-ocean ridge are similar in age, composition, and polarity. Examines the forces which produce volcanoes and earthquakes and proposes a dynamic system which is reshaping the earth's surface.

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