Geodynamics

1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-90-5809-220-5
Verlag: A A Balkema Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 612 g

Translation of ‘Geodynamique’, Paris, Dunod, 1998.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jolivet, L.

Nataf, N.-C.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Wälder
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläobotanik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläozoologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Konstruktiver Ingenieurbau, Baustatik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction

1. PLATE TECTONICS: 1. Introduction; 2. Plate kinematics;
2. PLATE BOUNDARIES:1. Mid-oceanic ridges; 2. Intraoceanic transform faults; 3. Subduction;
3. DEFORMATION OF PLATES: 1. Deformation and displacements; 2. Rheology of the lithosphere; 3. Forces; 4. Methods of determination of continental deformation; 5. Intracontinental transform faults: San Andreas Fault; 6. Fragmentation of continents and extensional tectonics; 7. Deformation of the upper plate in subduction zones; 8. Obduction of ophiolites, a prelude to collision; 9. Continental collision: deformation of Asia

4. DRIVING FORCE OF PLATE MOTIONS AND DEFORMATIONS: MANTLE CONVECTION:1. Deep-level structure of the earth: a review; 2. Convection; 3. Influence of Rheology on Convection; 4. Plates: a manifestation of mantle convection; 5. Heterogeneities in the mantle; 6. Global dynamics; 7. Hot spots;

Conclusion; References; Index;