EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA) -- Naomi Oreskes-Chapter 4: The Zebra Pattern

Description
The fourth chapter in Naomi Oreskes' Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth, written by Lawrence Morley. Morley describes his initial interest in geophysics and his eventual academic path into paleomagnetism. He highlights the battle of self-reversing rocks vs. the reversal of the Earth's magnetic field and how each proclamation led to different conclusions. He touches on the discovery and importance of mid-ocean ridges and the process of seafloor spreading as well as his initial correlation between magnetic anomalies and convection cells in the mantle.

Keywords
ERESE, geomagnetic timescale, magnetic anomalies, magnetic reversals, magnetic stripes, magnetometer, mid-ocean ridge, paleomagnetism, polar wander, seafloor spreading, transform fault

Copyright Owner
Naomi Oreskes
Westview Press
5500 Central Avenue
Boulder, CO
80301-2877

Copyright Description
Plate Tectonics: An Insider's History of the Modern Theory of the Earth. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 2001.