Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Frisch, Wolfgang (1943-.... ; géologue)
Titre(s) : Plate tectonics [Texte électronique] : continental drift and mountain building / Wolfgang Frisch, Martin Meschede, Ronald Blakey
Publication : Heidelberg [Germany] ; New York : Springer, cop. 2011
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index
This volume presents an introduction to the field of plate tectonics. Plate tectonics
is a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's rigid outermost
shell. The authors begin with an historical introduction concerning early ideas of
continental drift and Earth dynamics that leads into discussion and consideration
of plate motions and geometry. This is followed by several chapters that define, describe
in detail, and illustrate the various features, processes, and settings that comprise
the plate tectonic realm: graben structures, passive continental margins, ocean basins,
mid-ocean ridges, subduction zones, and transform faults. The remaining chapters deal
with mountain-building processes as a consequence of plate tectonics and the collision
of terranes and large continents. These chapters illuminate plate tectonic processes
from the early history of the Earth to the present.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Meschede, Martin (1957-....). Fonction indéterminée
Blakey, Ronald C. (1945-....). Fonction indéterminée
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Continental drift and mountain building
Sujet(s) : Tectonique des plaques
Indice(s) Dewey :
551.136 (23e éd.) = Tectonique des plaques
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783540765042
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb446960560
Notice n° :
FRBNF44696056
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics: Plate tectonics : a change
in the paradigm of the geosciences ; Early history of geodynamic thought ; From continental
drift to plate tectonics ; The plate tectonic concept ; The pattern of magnetic polarity
stripes ; Plate motions and earthquake zones ; Two kinds of continental margins ;
Magmatism and plate tectonics ; What drives the plates and what slows them down? ;
Collision and mountain building ; Plate movements and their geometric relationships:
Helpful transform faults ; Relative movements and triple junctions ; Relative plate
velocities : past and present ; Direct measurement of plate movements ; Apparent contradictions
in the plate motion pattern ; Continental graben structures: Symmetric and asymmetric
crustal extension ; Sediments and ore deposits in graben structures ; Volcanism in
graben structures ; The Upper Rhine Graben in Germany ; The history of the Upper Rhine
Graben ; Magmatism and heat flow in the
Passive continental margins and abyssal plains: Continuous subsidence of the continental
margins ; The sedimentary trap at a passive continental margin ; Processes on continental
margins ; Petroleum deposits : the economic significance of passive continental margins
; The Atlantic : an ocean opens in an intricate manner ; The large abyssal plains
; Sediments of the abyssal plains ; Facies changes on the large oceanic conveyor belt
; Mid-ocean ridges: Topography of the ridges ; Generation of oceanic lithosphere ;
Rocks of the oceanic crust ; Basalts of mid-ocean ridges ; Fast and slow spreading
ridges and rocks of the lithospheric mantle ; Segmentation of ridges by faults ; Graben
formation in the Atlantic ; Black and white smokers ; Ocean floor metamorphism ; Chromite
deposits ; Ophiolites ; The ophiolite of the Semail Nappe in Oman ; Alpine-Mediterranean
ophiolites ; Hot spots: Hot spots and mid-ocean ridges ; The mysterious D" layer
and the dented Earth ; Hot spot tracks in the
Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental margins: Structure of plate margin
systems with subduction zones ; Spontaneous and forced subduction : Mariana- and Chile-type
subduction ; Deep sea trenches as sediment traps ; Accretionary wedge and outer ridge
; Subduction erosion instead of accretion ; The forearc basin ; Earthquakes and Benioff
zones ; The secret of deep earthquakes ; High-pressure or subduction metamorphism
; Subduction-related magmatism : a paradox? ; Rocks of the magmatic zone ; Zonation
of magmas in space and time ; Explosive stratovolcanoes as indicators for subduction
magmatism ; Metamorphism in the magmatic belt ; Ore deposits in the magmatic belt
; The backarc basin ; Gravity and heat flow ; Subduction and collision ; Transform
faults: Oceanic transform faults ; Fracture zones in the ocean floor ; Continental
transform faults ; San Andreas : the infamous transform fault of California ; The
North Anatolian Fault in Asia Minor and the Alpine Fault i
Plate tectonics and mountain building: Types of active continental margins within
orogenic styles ; Continent-continent collision ; Uplift, erosion, and elevation of
mountains ; Collapse and crustal escape ; Old orogens: 2500-2000 million years old
ophiolites ; The Wopmay orogen in Canada ; The Grenville orogenic cycle and the formation
of the supercontinent Rodinia ; The Panafrican orogeny and the formation of Gondwana
; The Caledonides : a Wilson cycle around the Iapetus Ocean ; The Variscides : a broad
mountain belt in central Europe ; The Variscan orogen in the Alps ; Paleozoic mountain
building in eastern and southern North America ; Young orogens : the Earth's loftiest
places: The Himalayas : a mountain range with superlatives ; Tectonic history of the
Himalayas ; The Alps : an untypical but classic orogen ; Brief history of Alpine evolution
; The North American Cordillera : a different style of orogen ; Laramide Rocky Mountains
: an orogenic mystery solved ; Epilog ; Glo
