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Geokinematics: prelude to geodynamics [Libro electrónico] / autor: Rex H. Pilger

Por: Pilger, Rex H [autor/a].
Tipo de material: Libro en línea Libro en línea Editor: New York, New York, United States: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, c2003Descripción: xi, 338 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 centímetros.ISBN: 354000548X; 9783642056086 (Print); 9783662074398 (Online).Tema(s): Plate tectonics | Kinematics | GeodynamicsNota de acceso: Disponible para usuarios de ECOSUR con su clave de acceso Nota de bibliografía: Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 249-264 Número de sistema: 56539Contenidos:Mostrar Resumen:
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There's something about introductory textbooks that can be fundamentally misleading. As I plowed through freshman Physical Geology some 36 years ago, I couldn't help but acquire the impression that all of the major problems in the earth sciences had been solved. Yes, there was a chapter about Wegener's conti­ nental drift hypothesis along with a few other ideas concerning earth evolution - expansion, contraction - and including Holmes' convection cell idea. Once I began to take the field trips and participate in junior-year field camp, I began to suspect that the textbooks had left something out. It didn't take long, however, to begin hearing about the "New Global Tectonics", at which point I felt that I had been misled by what I had encountered in my first formal contact with geology. All of a sudden it was clear that there was much more to geology and geophysics than a widely used book could convey. Plate Tectonics is now into its fifth decade. I haven't looked at current intro­ ductory textbooks, so I don't know whether they still convey the impression that all of the major problems in the earth sciences have been solved. Clearly, there is still much to do with continuing elaboration of plate tectonics, among all of the other challenges of the geosciences. This monograph introduces a number of new observations, techniques, and hypotheses as extensions to Plate Tectonics.

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Incluye bibliografía e índice: páginas 249-264

1. Introduction.. 2. Proper reference frames: hotspots, paleomagnetism, paleoclimate.. 3. Plate kinematic and reconstruction fundamentals.. 4. Kinematic and reconstruction modeling with continuously varying parameters.. 5. An inverse model.. 6. Hotspot trace patterns.. 7. Contemporary stress fields.. 8. Observed paleostress orientations and predicted plate-hotspot motions.. 9. Paleomagnetic reference frame.. 10. Back-arc spreading and proper motion.. 11. Hotspot reference frames: the "necessity" of mesoplates.. 12. Mesoplates and the origin of hotspots: a top-down model.. 13. Fracture reservoirs and intraplate stresses.. 14. Summary and conclusion.. Subject Index

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There's something about introductory textbooks that can be fundamentally misleading. As I plowed through freshman Physical Geology some 36 years ago, I couldn't help but acquire the impression that all of the major problems in the earth sciences had been solved. Yes, there was a chapter about Wegener's conti­ nental drift hypothesis along with a few other ideas concerning earth evolution - expansion, contraction - and including Holmes' convection cell idea. Once I began to take the field trips and participate in junior-year field camp, I began to suspect that the textbooks had left something out. It didn't take long, however, to begin hearing about the "New Global Tectonics", at which point I felt that I had been misled by what I had encountered in my first formal contact with geology. All of a sudden it was clear that there was much more to geology and geophysics than a widely used book could convey. Plate Tectonics is now into its fifth decade. I haven't looked at current intro­ ductory textbooks, so I don't know whether they still convey the impression that all of the major problems in the earth sciences have been solved. Clearly, there is still much to do with continuing elaboration of plate tectonics, among all of the other challenges of the geosciences. This monograph introduces a number of new observations, techniques, and hypotheses as extensions to Plate Tectonics. eng

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