| Titre : |
Plate Tectonics Continental Drift and Mountain Building |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Wolfgang Frisch, Auteur ; M. Meschede, Auteur ; Ronald C. Blakey, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Paris : springer |
| Année de publication : |
2022 |
| Importance : |
245p |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-3-030-89001-8 |
| Note générale : |
Geology Science-mountains
the Atlantic- |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
Geology Science-volcanoes-plate tectonics-
the geosciences-geodynamic-Magmatism |
| Résumé : |
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful.
This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses all these questions and more through the presentation and explanation of the geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics.
It is a source of information for students of geology, geophysics, geography, geosciences in general, general natural sciences, as well as professionals, and interested layman.
1. Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics2. Plate movements and their geometric relationships3. Continental graben structures4. Passive continental margins and abyssal plains 5. Mid-ocean ridges6. Hot spots7. Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental maragins8. Transform faults9. Terranes10. Early Precambrian plate tectonics11. Plate tectonics and mountain building12. Old orogens 13. Young orogens - the Earth's loftiest places
Wolfgang Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1943. He studied in Vienna and worked at the Mining University of Leoben (Austria), the University of Vienna, and the Technical University of Munich (Germany), before he was appointed to Tubingen (Germany) University where he held the Chair in Geology until his retirement in 2009. His research interests include structural geology and geodynamics, the genesis of mineral deposits, and the petrology of magmatic rocks. His working areas include the Alps, southeastern Europe, the Himalayas and Tibet, Arabia and Egypt, as well as Greenland, middle America, and Africa.
Martin Meschede, born in 1957 is Professor of Regional and Structural Geology at the University Greifswald, Germany. He received his Diploma in Geology from the University Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the University of Tubingen (Germany). His research interests include geodynamics, structural geology, paleogeography reconstructions, particularly in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific region; marine geology as well as neotectonic and glacial processes in the Baltic Sea area. |
| Note de contenu : |
Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics
Plate tectonics – a change in the paradigm of the geosciences
Early history of geodynamic thought
From continental drift to plate tectonics
The plate tectonic concept
The pattern of magnetic polarity stripes
Plate motions and earthquake zones
Two kinds of continental margins
Magmatism and plate tectonics
What drives the plates and what slows them down?
Collision and mountain building
Plate movements and their geometric relationships
Helpful transform faults
Relative movements and triple junctions
Two RTF triple junctions off North America
Relative plate velocities – past and present
Direct measurement of plate movements
Apparent contradictions in the plate motion pattern
Fault-plane-solutions of earthquakes
Seismic tomography
Continental graben structures
Symmetric and asymmetric crustal extension
Active and passive graben structures |
Plate Tectonics Continental Drift and Mountain Building [texte imprimé] / Wolfgang Frisch, Auteur ; M. Meschede, Auteur ; Ronald C. Blakey, Auteur . - Paris : springer, 2022 . - 245p. ISBN : 978-3-030-89001-8 Geology Science-mountains
the Atlantic- Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Mots-clés : |
Geology Science-volcanoes-plate tectonics-
the geosciences-geodynamic-Magmatism |
| Résumé : |
This textbook explains how mountains are formed and why there are old and young mountains. It provides a reconstruction of the Earths paleogeography and shows why the shapes of South America and Africa fit so well together. Furthermore, it explains why the Pacific is surrounded by a ring of volcanos and earthquake-prone areas while the edges of the Atlantic are relatively peaceful.
This thoroughly revised textbook edition addresses all these questions and more through the presentation and explanation of the geodynamic processes upon which the theory of continental drift is based and which have led to the concept of plate tectonics.
It is a source of information for students of geology, geophysics, geography, geosciences in general, general natural sciences, as well as professionals, and interested layman.
1. Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics2. Plate movements and their geometric relationships3. Continental graben structures4. Passive continental margins and abyssal plains 5. Mid-ocean ridges6. Hot spots7. Subduction zones, island arcs and active continental maragins8. Transform faults9. Terranes10. Early Precambrian plate tectonics11. Plate tectonics and mountain building12. Old orogens 13. Young orogens - the Earth's loftiest places
Wolfgang Frisch was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1943. He studied in Vienna and worked at the Mining University of Leoben (Austria), the University of Vienna, and the Technical University of Munich (Germany), before he was appointed to Tubingen (Germany) University where he held the Chair in Geology until his retirement in 2009. His research interests include structural geology and geodynamics, the genesis of mineral deposits, and the petrology of magmatic rocks. His working areas include the Alps, southeastern Europe, the Himalayas and Tibet, Arabia and Egypt, as well as Greenland, middle America, and Africa.
Martin Meschede, born in 1957 is Professor of Regional and Structural Geology at the University Greifswald, Germany. He received his Diploma in Geology from the University Hannover, Germany, and his Ph.D. from the University of Tubingen (Germany). His research interests include geodynamics, structural geology, paleogeography reconstructions, particularly in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific region; marine geology as well as neotectonic and glacial processes in the Baltic Sea area. |
| Note de contenu : |
Contractional theory, continental drift and plate tectonics
Plate tectonics – a change in the paradigm of the geosciences
Early history of geodynamic thought
From continental drift to plate tectonics
The plate tectonic concept
The pattern of magnetic polarity stripes
Plate motions and earthquake zones
Two kinds of continental margins
Magmatism and plate tectonics
What drives the plates and what slows them down?
Collision and mountain building
Plate movements and their geometric relationships
Helpful transform faults
Relative movements and triple junctions
Two RTF triple junctions off North America
Relative plate velocities – past and present
Direct measurement of plate movements
Apparent contradictions in the plate motion pattern
Fault-plane-solutions of earthquakes
Seismic tomography
Continental graben structures
Symmetric and asymmetric crustal extension
Active and passive graben structures |
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