Extensional Tectonics

Rifting and Continental Extension
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-119-77374-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Gewicht: 1361 g

A synthesis of current knowledge on global extensional tectonics

The extension of Earth’s lithosphere occurs at divergent plate boundaries as well as in plate interiors. The geological, geochemical, and sedimentary processes of extension offer insights into topics ranging from the fundamentals of tectonics to the evolution of life.

Extensional Tectonics: Rifting and Continental Extension reviews present-day knowledge of extensional tectonic processes and explores examples from around the world.

Volume highlights include:

- Overview of extensional tectonic processes from continental rifting to oceanic basin formation
- In-depth examination of extension along rift systems and rift margins
- Review of post-collisional continental extension
- Examples from Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas
- Insights from observations, modeling, and 3D seismic data interpretation of extended terrains

This book is one of a set of three in the collection Tectonic Processes: A Global View.

Browse the first volume, Compressional Tectonics: Plate Convergence to Mountain Building.

The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Catlos, Elizabeth J.

Çemen, Ibrahim

Cemen, Ibrahim

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors

Preface

1 Processes and Perspectives in Extensional Tectonics

Elizabeth J. Catlos and Ibrahim Çemen

Part I Large-Scale Extensional Tectonics

2 The East African Rift System

Tyrone O. Rooney, Ian D. Bastow, Karen Fontijn, Nicholas Mariita, James D. Muirhead, and Derek Keir

3 Geological and Geophysical Constraints Guide New Tectonic Reconstruction of the Gulf of Mexico

Irina Filina and Erin Beutel

4 Introduction to an Active Oblique Rift: Walker Lane–Gulf of California

Cathy J. Busby and Keith Putirka

5 Extensional Tectonics in Western Anatolia, Turkey: Eastward Continuation of the Aegean Extension

Elizabeth J. Catlos, Thomas M. Etzel, and Ibrahim Çemen

Part II Extensional Tectonic Processes

6 Oceanic Isostasy: Self-Sustaining Seafloor Spreading and Rift Localization

James A. Conder

7 Rigidity-Seismicity Relation in the East African Rift System

Bernhard Weise and Rezene Mahatsente

8 Edge-Driven Convection-Based Models for Evolution of the Mississippi Embayment and Associated Alkaline Magmatism

Samuel R. Walker, Ibrahim C¸emen, Matthew W. Wielicki, Berry H. Tew, Jr., and Daniel Stockli

Part III Case Studies of Continental Extensional Tectonics

9 Rapid Versus Delayed Linkage and Coalescence of Interacting Rift Tips

Folarin Kolawole, Liang Xue, and Zuze Dulanya

10 Root Problem of Mid-Tertiary Cordilleran Detachment Faults: Deciphering the Evolution of the Whipple Mountains Detachment Shear Zone in Southeastern California

Valeria Jaramillo, Elizabeth J. Catlos, Elizabeth A. Bell, Axel K. Schmitt, and An Yin

11 Büyük Menderes Graben in Western Turkey: An Example of a Rift Basin Developed in Back-Arc Extension

Osman Merey, Ibrahim Çemen, and James Granath

12 Transfer Zones in Extended Terranes: Examples from Western Anatolia

Elizabeth J. Catlos and Ibrahim Çemen

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ibrahim Çemen, The University of Alabama, USA

Elizabeth J. Catlos, The University of Texas at Austin, USA