Mantle Plumes and Their Effects

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-44238-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 137 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 321 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences

This book presents a brief synopsis of the current academic understanding of the plume hypothesis, its surface manifestations and its shortcomings. It also describes methods for estimating the uplift history of a region due to plume activity. It discusses different models for the elastic properties of the lithosphere and their estimation as a background for plume emplacement, and introduces the plume hypothesis, describing the major plume types and their effect on the lithosphere. Two chapters are dedicated to the dynamic and permanent topography produced by an impinging plume head below the lithosphere and its estimation. It also presents the historical background of the plume hypothesis, its criticisms and alternatives.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Choudhuri, Mainak

Nemcok, Michal

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Vulkanologie, Seismologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.