Retrospective on the plate tectonic revolution focusing on K/Ar dating, linear volcanic chains and the geomagnetic polarity time scale

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2013

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McDougall, Ian

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History of Earth Sciences Society

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Notions of migration of volcanism in the Hawaiian Islands were contemplated for decades, but no quantitative measurements were made until the early 1960s. Collections of volcanic rocks from the accessible high islands were undertaken by the author in 1961

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Earth Sciences History

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2037-12-31