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Continents and Supercontinents.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (298 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195347333
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Continents and SupercontinentsDDC classification:
  • 551.136
LOC classification:
  • QE511.R59 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Continental Drift-The Road to Plate Tectonics -- 2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Past -- 3. Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust Through Time -- 4. Growth of Cratons and their Post-Stabilization Histories -- 5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle -- 6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents -- 7. Supercontinents Older than Gondwana -- 8. Gondwana and Pangea -- 9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins -- 10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea -- 11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate -- 12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic Evolution -- Appendix A. Seismic Methods -- Appendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients -- Appendix C. Paleomagnetism -- Appendix D. Isotopic Systems -- Appendix E. Cratons -- Appendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic Suites -- Appendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville Age -- Appendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga Age -- Appendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano Age -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: 1. Continental Drift--The Road to Plate Tectonics2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Pastn 3 Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust through Time4. Growth of Cratons and Their Post-Stabilization Histories5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents7. Supercontinents Older Than Gondwana8. Gondwana and Pangea9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic EvolutionAppendix A. Seismic MethodsAppendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal GradientsAppendix C. PaleomagnetismAppendix D. Isotopic SystemsAppendix E. CratonsAppendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic SuitesAppendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville AgeAppendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga AgeAppendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano AgeReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- 1. Continental Drift-The Road to Plate Tectonics -- 2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Past -- 3. Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust Through Time -- 4. Growth of Cratons and their Post-Stabilization Histories -- 5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle -- 6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents -- 7. Supercontinents Older than Gondwana -- 8. Gondwana and Pangea -- 9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins -- 10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea -- 11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate -- 12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic Evolution -- Appendix A. Seismic Methods -- Appendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients -- Appendix C. Paleomagnetism -- Appendix D. Isotopic Systems -- Appendix E. Cratons -- Appendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic Suites -- Appendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville Age -- Appendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga Age -- Appendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano Age -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

1. Continental Drift--The Road to Plate Tectonics2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Pastn 3 Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust through Time4. Growth of Cratons and Their Post-Stabilization Histories5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents7. Supercontinents Older Than Gondwana8. Gondwana and Pangea9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic EvolutionAppendix A. Seismic MethodsAppendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal GradientsAppendix C. PaleomagnetismAppendix D. Isotopic SystemsAppendix E. CratonsAppendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic SuitesAppendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville AgeAppendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga AgeAppendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano AgeReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index.

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