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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price, Neville J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2001.
Subjects:
Plate tectonics.
Catastrophes (Geology)
Impact.
Tectonique des plaques.
Catastrophes (G�eologie)
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=96024
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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