Plate tectonics
Haakon Fossen, Universitetet i Bergen, Norway, Christian Teyssier, University of Minnesota.
Bok Engelsk 2025
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| Opplysninger | Introduction to a tectonically unique planet -- Geotectonics, plate tectonics and related terms -- Plate tectonics: a unifying theory for the earth sciences -- Deformation, stress and strain -- Our dynamic planet -- Forces and stress -- Deformation -- Deformation history and flow -- Rheology and mechanics -- Deformation structures -- Microstructures, stress, strain rate and crustal strength -- Stress in the crust -- Heat, isostasy, petrology and basins -- Gravity and isostasy -- Heat production, heat transfer -- Magmatic petrology -- Metamorphism and metamorphic reactions -- Sedimentary basins -- Earth, its interior and how it works -- Early theories and new sources of information -- Structure of our planet -- Physics and dynamics -- Plates, plumes and kinematics -- Historic perspective -- Plates and plate boundaries -- Hotspots, plumes and Large Igneous Provinces -- Absolute vs relative plate motions -- Euler poles and plate motion on a sphere -- Paleomagnetism and polar wander paths -- The Wilson cycle -- Continental drift reconstructions -- Continental rifting -- Definition and characteristics -- Rift initiation: why and how -- Continental rifting and tectonic setting -- Rift magmatism -- Wide versus narrow rifts -- Structural characteristics and evolution -- Rift basins -- Passive continental margins -- Perspective on passive margins -- Characteristics and variations -- Rift to drift - the Red Sea example -- Volcanic versus magma-poor margins -- Strain, width and rheology -- Location of new oceans -- Subsidence, uplift and depositional patterns -- Gravity, salt and mud -- The South Atlantic case -- Transform continental margins -- Seafloor spreading -- Oceanic lithosphere -- The making of oceanic crust -- Hydrothermal activity and ocean floor metamorphism -- Fast and slow spreading -- Oceanic core complexes -- Ophiolites -- Oceanic transform faults and fracture zones -- Ocean floor lineaments -- Characteristics of oceanic transform faults -- Oceanic fracture zones -- Continental strike-slip -- Characteristics of strike-slip faults -- Continental transform faults -- Intracontinental strike-slip -- Oceanic subduction -- Subduction system from planetary scale to plate boundary -- The arc-trench region -- Subduction kinematics -- Subduction dynamics -- Subduction seismicity and slab dip -- The fate of slabs -- Subduction initiation -- Accretionary orogeny -- Mountain belts - an introduction -- Oceanic and accretionary orogens -- Arc collisions -- Microcontinents on the move -- The Andes: accretion onto an active continental margin -- Terrane accretion: the North American Cordillera -- Sierra Nevada magmatic arc and the Sevier orogeny -- Surface processes, climate and biodiversity -- Collisional orogeny -- Collisional and intracontinental orogens -- The anatomy of a collisional orogen -- The evolution of collisional orogens -- Intracontinental orogeny -- Erosional and depositional patterns -- Orogenic belts - case studies --Introduction -- The Alps -- Himalaya-Tibet -- SW Scandinavian Caledonides - deep and cool continental subduction -- The hot Grenville orogen -- Formation of Earth, early tectonics, and continental growth -- Early Earth's tectonics -- Formation of our terrestrial planet -- Hadean tectonics -- Continental growth through time -- Evolution into modern tectonics -- Archean tectonics -- Proterozoic tectonics - Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents -- Phanerozoic tectonics - Gondwana and Pangea.. - "This advanced undergraduate textbook provides a thoroughly modern overview of plate tectonics so that readers grasp how the outer part of our planet works in relation to the deep interior. The text is supported by clear prose, helpful analogies, stunning colour imagery, and a rich suite of online resources"--
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| ISBN | 9781108476232
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