Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution
2nd Edition
Published on 22. October 2013
320 pages
978-1-4831-0014-2 (ISBN)
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Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution, Second Edition covers the role of plate tectonics in the geologic past in light of existing geologic evidence, and examples of plate reconstructions. The book discusses the important physical and chemical properties of the crust and upper mantle in terms of models for crustal origin and evolution. The text also describes sea-floor spreading; magma associations; plate tectonics and continental drift. The phanerozoic orogenic systems and the precambrian crustal development are also tackled. The book will be invaluable to students in the earth sciences and to various specialists in the geological sciences.
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Kent Condie is emeritus professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM where he taught from 1970 to 2015. His textbook, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, was first published in 1976 and has gone through four editions. In addition, Condie has written seven other professional books the most recent of which, Earth as an Evolving Planetary System is now in the fourth edition. He is author or co-author of over 750 articles published scientific journals. He was awarded NMT's Distinguished Research Award in 1987. In addition, he was elected the Vice President of the International Association for Gondwana Research in 2002 and in 2007 was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was awarded the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America in 2018.
Content
PrefaceChapter 1. Introduction A Perspective The Approach Methods and Definitions Variation of Physical Properties in the Earth Summary StatementsChapter 2. Origin of the Earth-Moon System Chemical Composition of the Earth and Moon Age of the Earth and Moon Condensation and Accretion of the Planets Origin of the Moon The Earth's Rotational History Summary StatementsChapter 3. The Mantle and Core Detailed Structure of the Mantle Upper-Mantle Temperature Gradients Electrical Conductivity Distribution Global Gravity Anomalies Composition of the Mantle The Core Summary StatementsChapter 4. The Crust Crustal Types Seismic Features Heat Flow Gravity Anomalies Magnetic Anomalies Electrical Conductivity Distribution Metamorphism Composition Summary StatementsChapter 5. Crustal Provinces Radiometrie Dating Events That Can Be Dated Orogenic Provinces Anorogenic Provinces Episodicity of Orogeny Summary StatementsChapter 6. Sea-Floor Spreading The Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading Plate Characteristics Sea-Floor Spreading in the Western Pacific Mechanisms of Sea-Floor Spreading Summary StatementsChapter 7. Magma Associations Introduction Plate-Margin Associations Intraplate Associations The Origin and Source of Magmas Summary StatementsChapter 8. Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift The Expanding Earth Hypothesis Methods of Plate Reconstruction Arc Systems Rifts Cratonic Basins Eustacy Plate Tectonics and Orogeny Plate Tectonics and Energy and Mineral Deposits Summary StatementsChapter 9. Phanerozoic Orogenic Systems Continental Reconstructions The Appalachian-Caledonian System The Hercynian System The Cordilleran System The Alpine-Tethyan System Summary StatementsChapter 10. Precambrian Crustal Development Introduction Archean Rock Associations Origin of Archean Crustal Provinces Proterozoic Rock Associations Origin of Proterozoic Crustal Provinces Precambrian Paleomagnetic Studies Summary StatementsChapter 11. Crustal Origin and Evolution Origin of the Crust Composition of the Primitive Crust Growth of the Early Crust The Earth's Thermal History A Model of Early Crustal Development Comparative Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets Evolution of the Earth's Mantle Secular Compositional Changes in the Continents The Atmosphere The Oceans Paleoclimates The Evolution of Life Summary StatementsAcknowledgmentsReferencesIndexPlate I. Tectonic Map of the World (in pocket)
