Condie Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-0014-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Web PDF

Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution, Second Edition covers the role of plate tectonics in the geologic past in light of existing geologic evidence, and examples of plate reconstructions. The book discusses the important physical and chemical properties of the crust and upper mantle in terms of models for crustal origin and evolution. The text also describes sea-floor spreading; magma associations; plate tectonics and continental drift. The phanerozoic orogenic systems and the precambrian crustal development are also tackled. The book will be invaluable to students in the earth sciences and to various specialists in the geological sciences.

Kent Condie is emeritus professor of geochemistry at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM where he taught from 1970 to 2015. His textbook, Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution, was first published in 1976 and has gone through four editions. In addition, Condie has written seven other professional books the most recent of which, Earth as an Evolving Planetary System is now in the fourth edition. He is author or co-author of over 750 articles published scientific journals. He was awarded NMT's Distinguished Research Award in 1987. In addition, he was elected the Vice President of the International Association for Gondwana Research in 2002 and in 2007 was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He was awarded the Penrose Medal of the Geological Society of America in 2018.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Condie, Kent C.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution;4
3;Copyright Page ;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Preface;10
6;Chapter 1. Introduction;12
6.1;A Perspective;12
6.2;The Approach;13
6.3;Methods and Definitions;14
6.4;Variation of Physical Properties in the Earth;19
6.5;Summary Statements;21
7;Chapter 2. Origin of the Earth-Moon System;22
7.1;Chemical Composition of the Earth and Moon;22
7.2;Age of the Earth and Moon;24
7.3;Condensation and Accretion of the Planets;24
7.4;Origin of the Moon;29
7.5;The Earth's Rotational History;30
7.6;Summary Statements;31
8;Chapter 3. The Mantle and Core;33
8.1;Detailed Structure of the Mantle;33
8.2;Upper-Mantle Temperature Gradients;37
8.3;Electrical Conductivity Distribution;38
8.4;Global Gravity Anomalies;39
8.5;Composition of the Mantle;41
8.6;The Core;50
8.7;Summary Statements;51
9;Chapter 4. The Crust;53
9.1;Crustal Types;53
9.2;Seismic Features;58
9.3;Heat Flow;67
9.4;Gravity Anomalies;72
9.5;Magnetic Anomalies;75
9.6;Electrical Conductivity Distribution;76
9.7;Metamorphism;78
9.8;Composition;79
9.9;Summary Statements;82
10;Chapter 5. Crustal Provinces;85
10.1;Radiometrie Dating;85
10.2;Events That Can Be Dated;88
10.3;Orogenic Provinces;91
10.4;Anorogenic Provinces;106
10.5;Episodicity of Orogeny;107
10.6;Summary Statements;110
11;Chapter 6. Sea-Floor Spreading;111
11.1;The Theory of Sea-Floor Spreading;111
11.2;Plate Characteristics;118
11.3;Sea-Floor Spreading in the Western Pacific;131
11.4;Mechanisms of Sea-Floor Spreading;133
11.5;Summary Statements;136
12;Chapter 7. Magma Associations;138
12.1;Introduction;138
12.2;Plate-Margin Associations;142
12.3;Intraplate Associations;148
12.4;The Origin and Source of Magmas;151
12.5;Summary Statements;160
13;Chapter 8. Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift;162
13.1;The Expanding Earth Hypothesis;162
13.2;Methods of Plate Reconstruction;163
13.3;Arc Systems;182
13.4;Rifts;185
13.5;Cratonic Basins;188
13.6;Eustacy;188
13.7;Plate Tectonics and Orogeny;189
13.8;Plate Tectonics and Energy and Mineral Deposits;193
13.9;Summary Statements;196
14;Chapter 9. Phanerozoic Orogenic Systems;199
14.1;Continental Reconstructions;199
14.2;The Appalachian-Caledonian System;206
14.3;The Hercynian System;210
14.4;The Cordilleran System;212
14.5;The Alpine-Tethyan System;220
14.6;Summary Statements;225
15;Chapter 10. Precambrian Crustal Development;227
15.1;Introduction;227
15.2;Archean Rock Associations;228
15.3;Origin of Archean Crustal Provinces;235
15.4;Proterozoic Rock Associations;238
15.5;Origin of Proterozoic Crustal Provinces;247
15.6;Precambrian Paleomagnetic Studies;256
15.7;Summary Statements;259
16;Chapter 11. Crustal Origin and Evolution;261
16.1;Origin of the Crust;261
16.2;Composition of the Primitive Crust;263
16.3;Growth of the Early Crust;265
16.4;The Earth's Thermal History;267
16.5;A Model of Early Crustal Development;268
16.6;Comparative Evolution of the Terrestrial Planets;269
16.7;Evolution of the Earth's Mantle;273
16.8;Secular Compositional Changes in the Continents;274
16.9;The Atmosphere;279
16.10;The Oceans;281
16.11;Paleoclimates;284
16.12;The Evolution of Life;286
16.13;Summary Statements;292
17;Acknowledgments;294
18;References;299
19;Index;316