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Continents and supercontinents / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, John J. W. (John James William), 1930-2015, author.
- Santosh, M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Continents.
- Continental drift.
- Plate tectonics.
- Earth (Planet)--Crust.
- Earth (Planet).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history. It also shows how these processes affected the composition of seawater, climate, and the evolution of life.
- Contents:
- 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 Climate12. 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; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780190290207
- 019029020X
- 9780197562147
- 0197562140
- 9781280532955
- 1280532955
- 9781423720508
- 1423720504
- 9780195347333
- 0195347331
- 9781602569195
- 1602569193
- OCLC:
- 559935269
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