Online Resource
San Diego :Elsevier,
Keywords:
Plate tectonics.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (315 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781483257273
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1837478
Language:
English
Note:
Front Cover -- Plate Tectonics -- Copyright Page -- Tabel of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- CHAPTER 2. Definition -- CONSEQUENCES -- LIMITATIONS -- CHAPTER 3. Rheological stratification of the mantle -- LITHOSPHERE -- ASTHENOSPHERE -- THE LITHOSPHERE AS A STRESS-GUIDE -- THE DRIVING MECHANISM -- CHAPTER 4. Kinematics of relative movements -- INTRODUCTION -- INSTANTANEOUS MOVEMENTS -- KINEMATICS OF FINITE MOTIONS -- MEASUREMENTS OF INSTANTANEOUS MOVEMENTS -- PRESENT WORLDWIDE KINEMATIC PATTERN -- MEASUREMENTS OF FINITE MOVEMENTS -- CHAPTER 5. Movements relative to a frame external to the plates -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCE FRAMES -- ABSOLUTE" MOVEMENT DETERMINATION -- PALEOMAGNETIC SYNTHESIS -- CHAPTER 6. Processes at accreting plate boundaries -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CREATION OF THE OCEANIC CRUST -- CONTINENTAL RIFTS -- CONTINENTAL MARGINS -- CHAPTER 7. Processes at consuming plate boundaries -- INTRODUCTION -- SINKING PLATE MODEL -- STRUCTURE OF TRENCHES AND ASSOCIATED ISLAND ARCS AND CORDILLERAS -- CONSUMPTION OF CONTINENT-BEARING LITHOSPHERE -- PLATE TECTONICS AND GEOLOGY -- Appendix -- References.
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