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Continents in Motion : The New Earth Debate

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Walter Sullivan
July 1991

Earth Story : The Shaping of Our World

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Simon Lamb, David Sington
Based on an eight-part BBC series that will be broadcast on The Learning Channel beginning in November 1998, this lavishly illustrated book focuses on the views of contemporary scientists who have changed the way we think about the world, tracing the complex and fascinating relationship between man and Earth.

It asks such questions as: When and how was the Earth formed? What is the link between earthquakes, volcanoes and the creation of the continents? How do mountains affect our climate? What triggers Ice Ages?

Earth, Time, and Life : An Introduction to Physical and Historical Geology

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Charles W. Barnes

Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 6th Edition

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Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens
August 1998
An all-new, groundbreaking media package brings to life the latest edition of the best-selling Earth by Ed Tarbuck and Fred Lutgens. A text-dedicated website, new GEODe II CD-ROM (Included with every copy of the text!), and more provide complete, state-of-the-art multimedia support for both students and instructors. Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, Sixth Edition retains the hallmarks professors have come to expect from Tarbuck and Lutgens--a student-friendly writing style, carefully crafted illustrations by Dennis Tasa that are geologically accurate and visually appealing, and coverage of the most recent geologic events.

Lessons on Plate Tectonics

Lost Continent Found

Thursday, May 27, 1999
Scientists have discovered the remains of a "lost continent" beneath the waves of the Indian Ocean.

Megalabs Volcanoes, Dinosaurs and Fossils

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Learn scientific method, basic geology skills and basic lab skills. Introduction to Geology, Volcanology and Paleontology.

Our Amazing Colliding Continents Kit

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Colliding Continents is a much more exciting toy name than "Complete Geology Starter Kit," which is what this kit really is, but Educational Design does such a quality job that it's hard to begrudge them a little hyperbole. Any rock hound in the making will find hours of things to enjoy in this box. There are two globes to paint--one of the modern globe, one of the ancient supercontinent Pangea; there's a packet of rocks to identify; and there's a world map with overlays and several flipbooks. The only thing missing from this kit is a rock hammer and a pith helmet.

Our Patchwork Planet : The Story of Plate Tectonics

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Helen Roney Sattler, Giulio Maestro
April 1995

Planet Earth Science Kit

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This educational kit teaches a broad range of lessons about geology, vulcanology, gemology, and earth science in general. Scientifically inclined kids of all ages will enjoy constructing two globes, one showing the Earth as it looked 250 million years ago and another in its present incarnation. Earth science flipbook "movies" make our planet's evolution through plate tectonics come alive. With adult supervision, kids can also reenact seven historic volcanic eruptions. They can grow mineral crystals and perform observations with a 15-piece rock and mineral collection. A 128-page earth science book and giant time chart of Earth's history are richly illustrated. This kit is a nifty companion to Educational Design's Our Amazing Solar System. (Ages 10 and older)

The Story of Plate Tectonics

Electronic on-line book explaining the origins and meaning of the theory.

Time Trek

TimeTrek is a continental reconstruction animation program initially designed as an application for Atlas for Windows but has developed into a stand alone program. It allows the user to animate the continental fragments through time and view where each fragment was relative to each other on the surface of the globe. It can also plot any data (up to 32000 points worth!) in Atlas format at the same time. This has obvious uses for observing faunal distributions etc. with time.

This was the program we used to create the reconstructions of the continents shown in this web site.

You can download the demonstration program from http://www.atlas.co.uk/cpsl/demotrek.exe

The demo is similar to the standard version except it is restricted to showing from 20Ma to today.

Download the help file from http://www.atlas.co.uk/cpsl/Timetrek.hlp

Get more information and price details from www.atlas.co.uk/cpsl.

Wandering Lands and Animals

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Edwin H. Colbert
October 1985

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It has 128 pages and many black and white illustrations. It also includes a full index, a series of time lines and the complete text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Get your copy for US$9.95 (plus shipping).

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