Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution
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Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution

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Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution

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This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new sections included on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle sources and evolution, continental growth, secular changes in Earth history, also a new chapter on exogenic Earth systems. In addition the following topics have been substantially revised: lunar origin, global gravity, origin of the core, metamorphism, plate boundaries, hotspots, tectonic settings, and magma associations. Among the new features the Tectonic Map of the World has also been updated.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780080348742
eBook ISBN
9781483286655
Edition
3
Subtopic
Geography

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  8. CHAPTER 2. Origin of the Earth-Moon System
  9. CHAPTER 3. The Mantle and Core
  10. CHAPTER 4. The Crust
  11. CHAPTER 5. Plate Tectonics
  12. CHAPTER 6. Tectonic Settings
  13. CHAPTER 7. Magma Associations and Mantle Sources
  14. CHAPTER 8. Phanerozoic Orogenic Systems
  15. CHAPTER 9. Precambrian Crustal Provinces
  16. CHAPTER 10. Origin and Evolution of the Crust and Mantle
  17. CHAPTER 11. Exogenic Earth Systems
  18. References
  19. Study Questions
  20. Index