Global Tectonics
3rd Edition
Published on 13. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-1-4051-0777-8 (ISBN)
Description
The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant recent advances in the field.
* A fully revised third edition of this highly acclaimed text written by eminent authors including one of the pioneers of plate tectonic theory
* Major revisions to this new edition reflect the most significant recent advances in the field, including new and expanded chapters on Precambrian tectonics and the supercontinent cycle and the implications of plate tectonics for environmental change
* Combines a historical approach with process science to provide a careful balance between geological and geophysical material in both continental and oceanic regimes
* Dedicated website available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/kearey/
Reviews / Votes
"Many readers will be familiar with this excellent textbook . . . The subject coverage is more comprehensive than in previous editions with many of the processes and concepts being illustrated with case studies drawn from the recent literature. " (Mar Geophys Res, 2009)"A massive list of mostly critical references cites the most important works the world over." (CHOICE, November 2009)"An excellent in-depth overview on one of the most revo-lutionary topics in the earth sciences. ... Not only clear and comprehensive, but also pleasant to read. It is a highly recommended must-have on the bookshelves of earth scien-tists for some time to come." (Geologos, December 2009)
"Global Tectonics will find its place in all well equipped libraries and a personal copy will be of use for any geoscientist who needs a comprehensive overview." (Surveys in Geophysics, September 2009)
"This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of global tectonics. Because the field has changed significantly since the last edition was published, the majority of text and figures in the third edition are new." (Book News, September 2009)
More details
Edition
3. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduates and graduate students who have a basic introduction in the geosciences.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-0777-8 (9781405107778)
Schweitzer Classification
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Philip Kearey | Keith A. Klepeis | Frederick J. Vine
Global Tectonics
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Persons
Phil Kearey was Senior Lecturer in Applied Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences at Bristol University, U.K. prior to his premature death in 2003. In his research he used various types of geophysical data, but gravity and magnetic data in particular, to elucidate crustal structure in the eastern Caribbean, Canadian shield and southern England.
Keith Klepeis is a Professor in the Department of Geology at the University of Vermont, U.S.A. He specializes in the areas of structural geology and continental tectonics and has worked extensively on the evolution of orogenic belts and fault systems in New Zealand, Patagonia, West Antarctica, Australia, British Columbia and southeast Alaska.
Fred Vine is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and has received numerous awards for work on the interpretation of oceanic magnetic anomalies and ophiolites, fragments of oceanic crust thrust up on land, in terms of sea floor spreading.
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Historical perspective.
1.1 Continental drift.
1.2 Sea floor spreading and the birth of plate tectonics.
1.3 Geosynclinal theory.
1.4 Impact of plate tectonics.
2. The interior of the Earth.
2.1 Earthquake seismology.
2.2 Velocity structure of the Earth.
2.3 Composition of the Earth.
2.4 The crust.
2.5 Ophiolites.
2.6 Metamorphism of oceanic crust.
2.7 Differences between continental and oceanic crust.
2.8 The mantle.
2.9 The core.
2.10 Rheology of the crust and mantle.
2.11 Isostasy.
2.12 Lithosphere and asthenosphere.
2.13 Terrestrial heat flow.
3. Continental drift.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Continental reconstructions.
3.3 Geologic evidence for continental drift.
3.4 Paleoclimatology.
3.5 Paleontologic evidence for continental drift.
3.6 Paleomagnetism.
4. Sea floor spreading and transform faults.
4.1 Sea floor spreading.
4.2 Transform faults.
5. The framework of plate tectonics.
5.1 Plates and plate margins.
5.2 Distribution of earthquakes.
5.3 Relative plate motions.
5.4 Absolute plate motions.
5.5 Hotspots.
5.6 True polar wander.
5.7 Cretaceous superplume.
5.8 Direct measurement of relative plate motions.
5.9 Finite plate motions.
5.10 Stability of triple junctions.
5.11 Present day triple junctions.
6. Ocean ridges.
6.1 Ocean ridge topography.
6.2 Broad structure of the upper mantle below ridges.
6.3 Origin of anomalous upper mantle beneath ridges.
6.4 Depth-age relationship of oceanic lithosphere.
6.5 Heat flow and hydrothermal circulation.
6.6 Seismic evidence for an axial magma chamber.
6.7 Along-axis segmentation of oceanic ridges.
6.8 Petrology of ocean ridges.
6.9 Shallow structure of the axial region.
6.10 Origin of the oceanic crust.
6.11 Propagating rifts and microplates.
6.12 Oceanic fracture zones.
7. Continental rifts and rifted margins.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 General characteristics of narrow rifts.
7.3 General characteristics of wide rifts.
7.4 Volcanic activity.
7.5 Rift initiation.
7.6 Strain localization and delocalization processes.
7.7 Rifted continental margins.
7.8 Case studies: the transition from rift to rifted margin.
7.9 The Wilson cycle.
8. Continental transforms and strike-slip faults.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Fault styles and physiography.
8.3 The deep structure of continental transforms.
8.4 Transform continental margins.
8.5 Continuous versus discontinuous deformation.
8.6 Strain localization and delocalization mechanisms.
8.7 Measuring the strength of transforms.
9. Subduction zones.
9.1 Ocean trenches.
9.2 General morphology of island arc systems.
9.3 Gravity anomalies of subduction zones.
9.4 Structure of subduction zones from earthquakes.
9.5 Thermal structure of the downgoing slab.
9.6 Variations in subduction zone characteristics.
9.7 Accretionary prisms.
9.8 Volcanic and plutonic activity.
9.9 Metamorphism at convergent margins.
9.10 Backarc basins.
10. Orogenic belts.
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Ocean-continent convergence.
10.3 Compressional sedimentary basins.
10.4 Continent-continent collision.
10.5 Arc-continent collision.
10.6 Terrane accretion and continental growth.
11. Precambrian tectonics and the supercontinent cycle.
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Precambrian heat flow.
11.3 Archean tectonics.
11.4 Proterozoic tectonics.
11.5 The supercontinent cycle.
12. The mechanism of plate tectonics.
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Contracting Earth hypothesis.
12.3 Expanding Earth hypothesis.
12.4 Implications of heat flow.
12.5 Convection in the mantle.
12.6 The forces acting on plates.
12.7 Driving mechanism of plate tectonics.
12.8 Evidence for convection in the mantle.
12.9 The nature of convection in the mantle.
12.10 Plumes.
12.11 The mechanism of the supercontinent cycle.
13. Implications of plate tectonics.
13.1 Environmental change.
13.2 Economic geology.
13.3 Natural hazards.
Review questions.
Appendix: The geological timescale and stratigraphic column.
References.
Index