Building the Cape Verde Islands

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ramalho, Ricardo A. S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Σειρά: Springer Theses
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Hotspots are enigmatic surface features that are not easily explained in the framework of plate tectonics. Investigating their origin is the goal of this thesis, using field evidence collected in the Cape Verde Islands, a prominent hotspot archipelago in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The approach take...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Introduction
• The Cape Verde Archipelago
• Constraining the Cape Verde Swell using numerical models
• How to trace island freeboard
• Tracers of uplift and subsidence in the Cape Verde Archipelago
• Dating of sea-level palaeo-markers
• Vertical movements of Ocean Island Volcanoes: insights from a stationary plate
• Conclusions
• Future Work
• Bibliography.