Major impacts and plate tectonics : a model for the Phanerozoic evolution of the earth's lithosphere /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Price, Neville J.
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Routledge, 2001.
• Θέματα: Plate tectonics.; Catastrophes (Geology); Impact.; Tectonique des plaques.; Catastrophes (G�eologie); SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.; SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.; Electronic books.

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Computer generated contents: Chapt. 1. Earth and the solar system
• chapt. 2. Characteristics, stresses in, and strength of oceanic lithosphere
• chapt. 3. Assessment of mechanisms that cause plate movements
• chapt. 4. Hotspots, plumes and lithospheric thinning: large igneous provinces and the splitting of continents
• chapt. 5. Geometries and mechanisms of impact structures
• chapt. 6. Impacts and plate motion: the development of flood and plateau basalts, and continental rifting
• chapt. 7. Arcuate subduction features
• chapt. 8. Periodicity, regional tracks, impact control and future risks.