Oceanic Basalts formatIsbn:Softcover 9789401053532 The life time risk of hip formatIsbn:Softcover 9789048163663 The life time risk of hip fracture in men (5%) is as great as the risk of prostate cancer the high fish numbers briefly giving a false impression of stability and abundance—an ‘illusion of plenty’ and the identification of isotopically distinct mantle reservoirs demonstrates that the source of oceanic basalts is heterogeneous and is controlled by convection and reservoir interactions within the mantle The ocean basins cover about two thirds of the earth's surface and are floored by a basement of oceanic basalt that is continuously undergoing generation at spreading centres and destruction at subduction zones