Dynamic earth: plates, plumes and mantle convection

"Details the mechanisms responsible for plate tectonics, volcanic hotspots, and many resulting geological processes. Starting from basic principles, coverage provides a fundamental exploration into the principles of convection in the earth's mantle, summarizes key observations and presents...

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Main Author: Davies, Geoffrey F. 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 1999
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"Details the mechanisms responsible for plate tectonics, volcanic hotspots, and many resulting geological processes. Starting from basic principles, coverage provides a fundamental exploration into the principles of convection in the earth's mantle, summarizes key observations and presents all the relevant physics. The book begins with a brief history of the key ideas leading into mantle convection, covering more than 200 years of geological thought. It concludes with surveys of geochemical contraints on mantle evolution and the thermal evolution of the mantle, with implications for changes in the surface tectonic regime." (Pub Web page).
Physical Description:XI, 458 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:0521599334
0521590671

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