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Physiographic and Geological Data Regarding the Earth

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The science of geodynamics aims at an explanation of the present-day surface features of the Earth. Geodesy, geology and geophysics have accumulated a wealth of information about our globe. Since the Earth is a physical object, it would be quite inconceivable that its present-day physiography would not be the result of well-defined physical processes. Since it is one of the most fundamental postulates of modern science that the laws of physics be universally valid, such changes of the surface features of the Earth as may have occurred, must have taken place in strict conformity with these laws.

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    Adrian E. Scheidegger Ph. D. (Toronto); Dipl. Phys. Eth. (Zürich)

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Scheidegger, A.E. (1958). Physiographic and Geological Data Regarding the Earth. In: Principles of Geodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01532-2_1

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