Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution - Couverture rigide

Condie, Kent C.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0080348742 ISBN 13 : 9780080348742

Editeur : Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1989

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new sections included on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle sources and evolution, continental growth, secular changes in Earth history, also a new chapter on exogenic Earth systems. In addition the following topics have been substantially revised: lunar origin, global gravity, origin of the core, metamorphism, plate boundaries, hotspots, tectonic settings, and magma associations. Among the new features the Tectonic Map of the World has also been updated.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This comprehensive text has established itself over the past 20 years as the definitive work in its fields, presenting a thorough coverage of this key area of structural geology in a way which is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and masters courses. The thorough coverage means that it is also useful to a wider readership as an up to date survey of plate tectonics. The fourth edition brings the text fully up to date, with coverage of the latest research in crustal evolution, supercontinents, mass extinctions. A new chapter covers the feedbacks of various Earth systems. In addition, a new appendix provides a valuable survey of current methodology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0080348742
• ISBN 13: 9780080348742
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 375
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible