Abstract

This comprehensive text has established itself over the past 20 years as the definitive work in its fields, presenting a thorough coverage of this key area of structural geology in a way which is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and masters courses. The thorough coverage means that it is also useful to a wider readership as an up to date survey of plate tectonics.
The fourth edition brings the text fully up to date, with coverage of the latest research in crustal evolution, supercontinents, mass extinctions. A new chapter covers the feedbacks of various Earth systems. In addition, a new appendix provides a valuable survey of current methodology.
'For an overview of how plate tectonics works, academic libraries should buy a textbook such as Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution'
Library Journal, Feb 2002
'This book in an ideal course text for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It also serves as a reference source for a wider readership, and an up-to-date survey volume for specialists wanting to keep abreast of developments in the wider subject area.'
BOOKNEWS ON THE INTERNET, Aug '97
By any standard, this book is a remarkable achievement.
The author has produced an outstanding synthesis of more than three decades of research on plate tectonics, mantle evolution and the origin of continents.
Geoscientist
'Now into its fourth edition, and in its twenty-first year, this latest reworking of Condie's book is a thoroughly fresh revision,with a slimmed-down and reorganized content...Condie's amalgam of large-scale structure and geochemistry works well...Condie does a good job of piecing the whole tectonic story together. Several topics make challenging but rewarding reading...In a field with little real competition, this books fills a valuable niche.
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE