| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 878 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Regional geology and tectonics of sedimentary basins -- References -- 2. The Earth: core, mantle and crust -- Overview -- Methods of investigation -- The lithosphere -- The oceanic crust -- The continental crust -- The subcrustal lithosphere -- The mantle -- The core -- References -- Further reading -- 3. Age of the oceans -- Introduction -- Ocean basin research -- historical perspective -- Dating the oceanic lithosphere -- Magnetic anomaly data -- Geomagnetic timescales -- Limitations and uncertainty in magnetic anomaly data -- Drill-core data -- Limitations and uncertainty in dated samples |
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Age proxies -- Present-day oceanic lithosphere -- Volcanic additions and extended continental margin features -- Mapping seafloor age -- Gridding methods -- Uncertainty quantification -- Final remarks -- References -- Further reading -- 4. Plate boundaries and driving mechanisms -- Introduction -- Boundaries -- Divergent/constructive -- In oceanic lithosphere -- In continental lithosphere -- Convergent/destructive -- Involving subduction -- In continental lithosphere -- Conservative/strike-slip -- In oceanic lithosphere -- In continental lithosphere -- Between oceanic and continental lithosphere -- Oblique, partitioned-strain, and diffuse plate boundaries |
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Driving mechanisms of plate motion -- The torque balance -- Negative buoyancy of slabs (slab pull and slab-normal forces) -- Slab resistance and collision resistance -- Slab suction -- Transform shear -- Gravitational body forces/rifts and 'ridge push' -- Basal shear force -- Summary -- References -- 5. Plate kinematic reconstructions -- Introduction -- Making plate kinematic reconstructions -- The history and workspace of plate kinematic reconstructions -- Rotations -- Requirements for reliable reconstructions -- Choices of markers -- Apparent paleomagnetic poles -- Intraplate volcanic chains/hotspots -- Magnetic reversal isochrons -- Fracture zones |
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Continent-ocean boundaries -- Piercing points from intracontinental structures -- Diffuse and regional markers -- Mantle constraints -- subducted slabs in tomography -- Model production and assessment -- Interactive visual forward modelling -- Statistical modelling -- Regional/global models with multiple plates -- Absolute plate motion and reference frames for reconstructions -- Hotspot reference frame -- Paleomagnetic reference frame -- Lower mantle slabs reference frame -- Large Low-shear-velocity provinces -- Using plate reconstructions -- As context for regional geological and tectonic studies -- The Alps as a previously extended continental margin |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF titlep age (EBSCO, viewed May 12, 2021). |
| Subject |
Plate tectonics.
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Geology, Structural.
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Tectonique des plaques.
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Geology, Structural
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Plate tectonics
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| Added Author |
Scarselli, Nicola, editor.
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| Added Title |
Principles of geologic analysis |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Regional geology and tectonics. Second edition. Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2020]- 0444641343 (OCoLC)1124597855 |
| ISBN |
9780444641359 (electronic bk.) |
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0444641351 (electronic bk.) |
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9780444641342 |
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0444641343 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000067443643 |
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UKMGB 019786349 |
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