Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons
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Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons

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Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons

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Developments in Geotectonics, 12: Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons focuses on the formation, movements, characteristics, and evolution of sedimentary basins of continental margins and cratons. The selection first offers information on mechanisms of basin subsidence and rheology of the lithosphere. Discussions focus on hypotheses of basin subsidence mechanism, testing the hypotheses, elastic properties and flexural rigidity of the lithosphere, and rheology of young continental margins. The text then elaborates on flexure of the lithosphere and continental margin basins and thermal and mechanical evolution of the Michigan basin. The book ponders on the formation of sedimentary basins of graben type by extension of the continental crust and major synchronous events in continental shelves. Topics include inception of shelf development, mid-cretaceous change, taphrogenic subsidence, and energy budget of wedge subsidence mechanism. The manuscript also examines development of graben associated with the initial ruptures of the Atlantic Ocean and observations on the processes of sedimentary basin formation at the margins of Southern Africa. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the study of continental margins.

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Information

Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780444415493
eBook ISBN
9781483257259
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Geology & Earth Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Sedimentary Basins of Continental Margins and Cratons
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Chapter 1. MECHANISMS OF BASIN SUBSIDENCE - AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW
  6. Chapter 2. RHEOLOGY OF THE LITHOSPHERE - EXPERIMENTAL INDICATIONS
  7. Chapter 3. FLEXURE OF THE LITHOSPHERE AND CONTINENTAL MARGIN BASINS
  8. Chapter 4. PLATFORM SUBSIDENCE MECHANISMS AND "EUSTATIC" SEA-LEVEL CHANGES
  9. Chapter 5. THERMAL AND MECHANICAL EVOLUTION OF THE MICHIGAN BASIN
  10. Chapter 6. FORMATION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF GRABEN TYPE BY EXTENSION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST
  11. Chapter 7. MAJOR SYNCHRONOUS EVENTS IN CONTINENTAL SHELVES
  12. Chapter 8. DEVELOPMENT OF GRABEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIAL RUPTURES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
  13. Chapter 9. SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF THE ATLANTIC MARGIN OF NORTH AMERICA
  14. Chapter 10. GEODYNAMIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPASMODIC, CRETACEOUS, RAPID SUBSIDENCE RATES, CONTINENTAL SHELF, U.S.A.
  15. Chapter 11. OBSERVATIONS ON THE PROCESSES OF SEDIMENTARY BASIN FORMATION AT THE MARGINS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
  16. Chapter 12. THE GEOSYNCLINAL PAIR AT THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF PERU
  17. Chapter 13. SEDIMENTARY FACIES AND THE ORIGINS OF BASIN SUBSIDENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE SUPPOSED HERCYNIAN OCEAN
  18. Chapter 14. EVOLUTION OF THE SVERDRUP BASIN, ARCTIC CANADA
  19. Chapter 15. THE CHAD BASIN: AN ACTIVE INTRA-CONTINENTAL BASIN
  20. Chapter 16. DEVONIAN BASINS OF WESTERN NORWAY - SEDIMENTARY RESPONSE TO TECTONISM AND TO VARYING TECTONIC CONTEXT
  21. Chapter 17. GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES OF THE MAJOR SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF THE INDIAN CRATON, THEIR DEEP STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND EVOLUTION
  22. Chapter 18. DYNAMICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN PLATFORM STRUCTURES
  23. Chapter 19. THE REGIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE TURANIAN PLATFORM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT
  24. Chapter 20. THE HISTORY AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST SIBERIAN PLATFORM
  25. Chapter 21. DEVELOPMENT OF MAIN STRUCTURES OF THE SIBERIAN PLATFORM: HISTORY AND DYNAMICS
  26. Chapter 22. SEDIMENTARY BASINS OF THE EAST ANTARCTIC CRATON FROM GEOPHYSICAL EVIDENCE