Why the Expanding Earth?
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| Author | Giancarlo Scalera |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Expansion Tectonics, geophysics |
| Published | 2003 |
| Publisher | Published by INGV Publisher |
| Pages | 465 |
Why the Expanding Earth? A Book in Honour of Ott Christoph Hilgenberg is a 2003 volume edited by Giancarlo Scalera and Karl-Heinz Jacob, published by the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Rome.
Overview
The book collects the proceedings of the 3rd Lautenthaler Montanistisches Colloquium (Lautenthal, Germany, 2001), dedicated to the memory of the German geoscientist Ott Christoph Hilgenberg, an early proponent of an expanding Earth. Its contributions review the geological, geophysical, and paleomagnetic evidence advanced in support of the Expanding Earth hypothesis — that the Earth's radius has increased over geological time — and critiques of plate-tectonic "subduction," presenting the case for expansion as an alternative global tectonic framework.
About the editor
Giancarlo Scalera is an Italian geophysicist at the INGV and a leading modern advocate and historian of the Expanding Earth idea, who has organized meetings and edited several volumes on the subject.
Publication details
- Editors: Giancarlo Scalera and Karl-Heinz Jacob
- Publisher: INGV, Rome
- Published: 2003
- Pages: 465