UID:
almafu_9959328039002883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 398 pages) :
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illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9781118668535
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1118668537
Series Statement:
Geophysical monograph, 121
Content:
Here is the state-of-the-art on the dynamics of plate motions, and the questions about it that remain. Earth scientists and students will find it a rich resource for new interpretations and research.
Note:
Introduction: plate tectonics and mantle convection three decades later / Mark A. Richards, Richard G. Gordon, and Rob D. van der Hilst -- The relation between mantle dynamics and plate tectonics: a primer / David Bercovici, Yanick Ricard, and Mark A. Richards -- The quest for self-consistent generation of plate tectonics in mantle convection models / Paul J. Tackley -- On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection / Michael Gurnis, Shijie Zhong, and John Toth -- What the mantle sees: the effects of continents on mantle heat flow / A. Lenardic, L. Guillou-Frottier, J.-C. Mareschal [and others] -- On the determination of self-consistent strain rate fields within zones of distributed continental deformation / William E. Holt, Bingming Shen-Tu, John Haines [and others] -- Diffuse oceanic plate boundaries: strain rates, vertically averaged rheology, and comparisons with narrow plate boundaries and stable plate interiors / Richard G. Gordon -- Mesozoic/Cenozoic tectonic events around Australia / R. Dietmar Müller, Carmen Gaina, Anahita Tikku [and others] -- Absolute plate motion, mantle flow, and volcanism at the boundary between the Pacific and Indian Ocean mantle domains since 90 Ma / Carmen Gaina, R. Dietmar Müller, and Steven C. Cande -- Models of mantle convection incorporating plate tectonics: the Australian region since the Cretaceous / Michael Gurnis, Louis Moresi, and R. Dietmar Müller.
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Mapping the lithosphere and asthenosphere with surface waves: lateral structure and anisotropy / Göran Ekström -- A comparison between tomographic and geodynamic models of the earth's mantle / Charles Mégnin and Barbara Romanowicz -- Constraints on mantle convection from seismic tomography / Hrafnkell Kárason and Rob D. van der Hilst -- Mantle convection and plate motion history: toward general circulation models / Mark A. Richards, Hans-Peter Bunge, and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni -- Large igneous provinces and plate tectonics / Olav Eldholm and Millard F. Coffin -- Recent progress on the plate motion relative to hotspots / Yasushi Harada and Yozo Hamano -- Global hotspot reference frames and plate motion / Ian O. Norton -- Fast Paleogene motion of the Pacific hotspots from revised global plate circuit constraints / Carol A. Raymond, Joann M. Stock, and Steven C. Cande -- Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion / Bernhard Steinberger and Richard J. O'Connell.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780875909790
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/GM121
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/GM121
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1029/GM121
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