TY - BOOK AU - Lapidus, Dorothy Farris TI - The facts on file: dictionary of geology and geophysics SN - 871967030 AV - QE 5 .L37 1987 PY - 1987/// CY - New York PB - Facts On File Publications KW - HISTORICAL GEOLOGY N2 - The concept of sea-floor spreading, the constant generation of new sea floor, offered a reason for why oceanic crust is younger than continental crust ER -