Mantle Plumes and Their Effects

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Choudhuri, Mainak (Συγγραφέας), Nemčok, Michal (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Structural geology.; Sedimentology.; Geophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

This book presents a brief synopsis of the current academic understanding of the plume hypothesis, its surface manifestations and shortcomings. It describes methods for estimating the uplift history of a region due to plume activity. Different models for the elastic properties of the lithosphere and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Elastic properties of the lithosphere
• Plumes and hotspots
• Dynamic crustal uplift due to plume activity
• Permanent crustal uplift due to plume activity
• Effects of plume related thermal anomaly
• Morphology of hotspots
• The great plume debate.