Tectonics

Was really disappointed when I realize this book was 21 years old and not updated. It's a superb book, and still worth reading, but a lot has been learned in the last 20 years that's not in here.

It's really a dissertation with way too much information. I needed it for a masters of ed class. This is so boring and hard to read. If you need this for a class, the teacher is old school and too difficult, it is an antique classic, there are better and easier to read books out there.

A great book! It is written at the 1st year graduate student level. The authors think you are smart, are willing to work to understand, but feel they need to cover it all from ground zero. A great proposition if that is your state. Heavily diagrammed but unafraid to get down to some of the (simple) physics. (What really moves those plates anyway?) Just scanning and focusing down on what interests will teach you something new every time. The result is giving you a new set of eyes. Nevada (the great basin) never looked so interesting.

the book was just what i needed and came just when i needed it, i wouldn't have made it through class without it

Il libro è stato presentato come new edition, edizione nuova, invece si tratta di una semplice ristampa. Sarebbe stato più corretto farlo presente nella scheda del libro. Da una nuova edizione di un testo scientifico ci si aspetta appunto l'aggiornamento. Dato che la sua pubblicazione risale al 1995 si suppone che in 20 anni di ricerche geologiche anche la tettonica abbia avuto dei sviluppi importanti. Così mi sono illusa di comprare un libro aggiornato, invece non presenta nessun accenno alle nuove conoscenze del campo.