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1、““Nebraska”Nebraska”YoichiroYoshikawa(1988)YoichiroYoshikawa(1988)TheMiraclePlanetTheMiraclePlanetEXPANSIONTECTONICSSAMUELWARRENCAREY(1911-2002)““If50millionbelieveinafallacyIf50millionbelieveinafallacyitisstillafallacy.”itisstillafallacy.”SAMUELWARRENCAREYSAMUELWA
2、RRENCAREY*CommemorativememoirdedicatedtoSamuelWarrenCarey,conductedbyGiancarloScalera(IstitutoNazionalediGeofísicaeVulcanología,Roma,Italia).Duringtheeditorialprocessofthisbook,EmeritusProfessorSamuelWarrenCareypassedawayon20March2002atage90.HewasbornatCampbelltown
3、,NewSouthWaleson1stNovember1911,andattendedschoolattheCanterburyBoysHighSchool.Carey’sfatherwasaprinter,whobecameapubliclecturerwhenhearrivedinAustralia.Hismother’speoplewereearlyAustraliansettlers.TheCareyhomewasafarmnearCampbelltownandasaboy,littleSamuelwalkednea
4、rlytwelvekilometerstoSchoolandbackeachday,anactivitythatpreparedhimforworkinharshclimaticandenvironmentalconditions.SamCarey’slargefamilyincludedtwosistersandfourbrothers,oneofwhomdiedinWorldWarII.AttheUniversityofSydney,in1929,Careyenrolledinchemistry,physics,andm
5、athematicsandonlyasafourthsubject,geology.However,hewassoonreorientedtowardsgeologyashismainsubjectbySirEdgeworthDavid,anAntarcticexplorer.Thispreferencedevelopedfromhislikingforfieldworkingeology,combinedwithlabwork.Hewasstronglyinclinedtowardssports(hockey,sailin
6、g,rugby,marksmanship,canoeing)andphysicalactivities(caveexploration,rockclimbing,hiking,jungleexpeditions,parachuting).HegraduatedinGeologyfromtheUniversityofSydneyearningaBachelorofSciencewithFirstClassHonoursin1933,MasterofSciencein1934,andDoctorofSciencein1939.A
7、tuniversityhefoundedtheStudent’sGeologicalSocietyin1931andwasitsfirstpresident.Hehasbeenapioneeringeologyallhislife.HewasfortunatetoparticipateasaprotagonistfortwoandpossiblythreerevolutionsintheEarthsciences.Hechallengedtheconceptofcontinentsinfixedpositionsfromth
8、eoutsetandfrom1946to1956hetaughtaversionofintercontinentalmovementwithsubductionindeepoceantrenches.Thiscametobecalled‘platetectonics’sometwentyy
