Continents and Supercontinents |
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| Author:
| Rogers, John J. W.
Santosh, M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-534733-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2004 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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1. Continental Drift--The Road to Plate Tectonics2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Pastn 3 Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust through Time4. Growth of Cratons and Their Post-Stabilization Histories5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents7. Supercontinents Older Than Gondwana8. Gondwana and Pangea9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins10. History of Continents...
More Description1. Continental Drift--The Road to Plate Tectonics2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Pastn 3 Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust through Time4. Growth of Cratons and Their Post-Stabilization Histories5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents7. Supercontinents Older Than Gondwana8. Gondwana and Pangea9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic EvolutionAppendix A. Seismic MethodsAppendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal GradientsAppendix C. PaleomagnetismAppendix D. Isotopic SystemsAppendix E. CratonsAppendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic SuitesAppendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville AgeAppendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga AgeAppendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano AgeReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index