Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution - Softcover

Condie, Kent C.

 
9780080348735: Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0080348734 ISBN 13: 9780080348735
Verlag: Pergamon, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new sections included on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle sources and evolution, continental growth, secular changes in Earth history, also a new chapter on exogenic Earth systems. In addition the following topics have been substantially revised: lunar origin, global gravity, origin of the core, metamorphism, plate boundaries, hotspots, tectonic settings, and magma associations. Among the new features the Tectonic Map of the World has also been updated.

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Reseña del editor

This comprehensive text presents a thorough coverage of the key area of plate tectonics and crustal evolution which is suitable for advanced undergraduate and masters courses. This fourth edition bring the text fully up-to-date, with coverage of the latest research in crustal evolution, supercontinents and mass extinctions. A new chapter covers the feedbacks of various Earth systems. In addition, a new appendix provides a valuable survey of current methodology.

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Verlag
Pergamon
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0080348734
ISBN 13 
9780080348735
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
504
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