FIXISTS
VS.
MOBILISTS
Challenger
Mobilism 1924
Fixists
Team Rosters
97 Lyell, Charles
13 Dana, James Dwight
52 Coleman, Arthur P.
57 Willis, Bailey
58 Schuchert, Charles
65 Lake, Philip
87 Longwell, Chester R.
89 Bucher, Walter
90 Dunbar, Carl O.
91 Jeffreys, Harold
2 Simpson, George Gaylord
Mobilists
10 Hopkins, Evan
21 Pepper, John Henry
60 Taylor, Frank Bursley
70 Grabau, Amadeus W.
71 Daly, Reginald A.
73 Van der Gracht, V.W.
78 Du Toit, Alex.
79 Argand, mile
80 Wegener, Alfred
90 Holmes, Arthur
91 Bailey, E. B.
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1844-1969
Allan Krill
Allan Krill
Trondheim, Norway
2011
Allan Krill
Brodtkorbs vei 4
7018 Trondheim Norway
fixists.com krill@ntnu.no
Copyright 2009, 2011 Allan Krill
All rights reserved
ISBN 978-82-998389-1-7
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Contents
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Preface
1. Introduction
Fixists and Mobilists, Creationists and Evolutionists
Introductory Geology in an Eggshell
Radioactive Heating and Convective Churning in the Earths Mantle
The Geologic Time Periods and Tricks to Quickly Learn Them
Alfred Wegener and the History of Plate Tectonics
Paleomagnetic Stripes and the Sudden Acceptance of Mobilism
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