Geotectonics

Geotectonics has a special place among the geological disciplines. In addition to ideas based on firmly established facts that constitute lasting scientific values, geotectonics, as a generalizing branch of geology, embraces broad con­ structions that link the planet's deep interior with its sur­ face and are largely of a hypothetical character. The inter­ pretation of the most general matters of the structure and evolution of the globe varies not only from one generation of geologists to a...