UID:
almahu_9948026006902882
Format:
1 online resource (685 p.)
ISBN:
1-4832-8982-6
Series Statement:
Developments in Geotectonics ; 19
Content:
Selected papers from the Lunar and Planetary Institute Topical Conference, St. Helena, CA, USA, 3-5 Dec. 1981〈br〉〈br〉
Note:
"Reprinted from Tectonophysics Volume 94"--Cover.
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Front Cover; Processes of Continental Rifting; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; List of Authors; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION-PROCESSES OF CONTINENTAL RIFTING; MODELS OF RIFTING; CONSTRAINTS ON THE MODELS; RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH RIFTING; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES CITED; Part 1: Models of Rifting; CHAPTER 2. MECHANISM OF GRABEN FORMATION-THE WEDGE SUBSIDENCE HYPOTHESIS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE WEDGE SUBSIDENCE HYPOTHESIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF GRABEN FORMATION; SOURCE OF THE TENSILE STRESS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 3. RIFTS AND SWELLS: GEOPHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON CAUSALITYABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; UPLIFT CAUSED BY RIFTING; SWELL-INDUCED RIFTS; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. MECHANISMS OF ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RIFTING; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STRESSES GENERATED BY LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. MECHANISMS OF UPLIFT PRECEDING RIFTING; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE THERMAL CONDUCTION MODEL; THE DIAPIRIC UPRISE MODEL; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES
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CHAPTER 6. CONVECTIVE THINNING OF THE LITHOSPHERE: A MECHANISM FOR RIFTING AND MID-PLATE VOLCANISM ON EARTH, VENUS, AND MARSABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE MODEL; SOLUTIONS TO THE MODEL EQUATIONS; DISCUSSION; THINNING OF THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; VULNERABILITY OF THE CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; THINNING OF THE OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; UPLIFT OF THE OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE OVER HOT SPOTS; THINNING OF THE LITHOSPHERES OF VENUS AND MARS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF CONTINENTAL RIFTING; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PLATE COLLISION; LINKING OF HOT SPOTS; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION
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MANTLE DIAPIR MODELDISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 8. SUBMARINE RIFTING AT MID-OCEAN RIDGES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; CONDITIONS AT THE RIDGE CREST; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. HOTSPOT TRACKS AND THE EARLY RIFTING OF THE ATLANTIC; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS; HOTSPOT TRACKS; UPLIFT OF SHIELDS; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. MECHANISM OF SUBSIDENCE OF ANCIENT CRATONIC RIFT BASINS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION
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RHEOLOGICAL FLEXURE MODEL OF THE LITHOSPHEREMATERIAL PARAMETERS; RESPONSE OF THE NONLINEAR MAXWELL FLEXURE MODEL; THE REACTIVATION OF CRATONIC BASINS; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 11. PHENOMENA OF PULSATION TECTONICS RELATED TO THE BREAKUP OF THE EASTERN NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; SPREADING RATE IMPLICATIONS; IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL PROCESSES, PULSATION TECTONICS, AND ORIGIN OF THE FIRST ORDER GEO-CYCLES; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Part 2: Geophysical Constraints on Rifting
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CHAPTER 12. GRAVITY STUDY OF THE CENTRAL AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM: A MODEL OF CONTINENTAL DISRUPTION
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-26698-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-42198-X
Language:
English
