Geomorphology and plate tectonics / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrari, David M.

Guiseppi, Antonio R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geomorphology.

Landforms.

Plate tectonics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geomorphology is the scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them whereas plate tectonics specifically describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. This book presents theory, methodology and applications, as well as studies of specific geographic regions.

Contents:

Intro

GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: THEORY, LIMITATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT

ABBREVIATIONS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. IN-SITU-PRODUCED COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION

3. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT

4. TRADITIONAL INTERPRETIVE MODELS

4.1. Single Nuclides

4.2. Multiple Nuclides

4.2.1. Ratio Diagrams for Nuclide Pairs

4.2.2. Solution Curves for Nuclide Pairs

4.3. Burial Age

5. UNCERTAINTIES, LIMITATIONS AND ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES

5.1. Nuclide Properties

5.1.1. Spatial Variation of Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates

5.1.2. Temporal Variations in Production Rates

5.1.3. Diffusive Loss

5.2. Geomorphic Conditions

5.2.1. Topographic Shielding and Surface Coverage

5.2.2. Inheritance and Complex Geo-History

5.2.3. Sediment Mixing

5.3. Measurement Error and Sample Preparation

5.4. Cost

6. OVERVIEW OF EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS

6.1. Glacial Geochronology and Geomorphology

6.2. Tectonic Geomorphology

6.3. Site-Specific Weathering, Erosion and Regolith Production

6.4. Watershed Scale Erosion

6.5. Depositional Landforms

6.6. Other Applications

7. FUTURE RESEARCH

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 FLOOD RISK AND LANDFORM OF CAMBODIAN MEKONG DELTA

2. DATA AND METHODOROLOGY

2.1. Data

2.2. Processing of Satellte Data for Flood Mapping

3. IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR FLOODING IN EACH SEASON

4.THE EFFECT OF LANDFORM UNITS FOR FLOODING

CONCLUSION

Chapter 3 WHY ARE ROCK GLACIERS MORE OR LESS PROMINENT IN HIGH MOUNTAINS?

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREAS

Vanoise Massif

Chandi-Gorakh Himal

METHODS

Data Acquisition: Identification and Description of the Rock Glaciers.

Analysis of the Rock Glacier Occurrence

RESULTS

Rock Glaciers Main Characteristics and Spatial Prominence

Occurrence Analysis

Statistical Regularities in the Vanoise Massif

Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Constitution of the Corrie-Based Database and Formulation of the Null Hypotheses

Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Hypothesis Tests

Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA)

GIS-Based Results in the Chandi-Gorakh Himal

DISCUSSION

Chapter 4 ON SHAKY GROUND: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES IN UNEASY TRANSITION TO A NEW CLIMATIC ORDER

OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES

SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE MELTING ARCTIC OCEAN

Chapter 5 GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENT, GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND DISTURBANCES

INTRODUCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

SOME PROBLEMS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELS THAT LACK SUFFICIENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

QUALITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS AND DIMENSIONALITY

THE DISTURBANCE GEOMORPHOLOGY CONCEPT AS A QUALITATIVE, DIMENSIONLESS MODEL

CASE STUDIES

SENSITIVITY OF LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES TO CHANGE

CONCLUSION: RECONCILING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 6 EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATED BY GEOWEPP FOR CHECK DAM WATERSHEDS IN EPHEMERAL GULLIES (SOUTH-EAST SPAIN)

BACKGROUND

STUDY AREA

METHODOLOGY

Simulation with the WEPP Model

Input Data

Input Climatic Variables

Topographical Variables (Slope)

Edaphic Entry Variables.

Variables Related to Land Uses

Output Variables for the Drainage Areas

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 7 MODELLING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS ON GULLY EROSION AND DRAINAGE BASIN EVOLUTION

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Analysis of Digital Elevation Models

Model Description

Model Calibration

RESULT

Model Simulations

Chapter 8 PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR SIBERIAN PLATE TECTONICS FROM RODINIA THROUGH PANGAEA TO EURASIA

2. SIBERIA IN RODINIA AND BREAK-UP PROCESS DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC

2.1. Brief Review

2.2. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Pre-Sayan Area

2.3. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Yenisey Ridge

2.4. Summary Data for Meso- to Neoproterozoic and Tectonic Reconstructions

3. VENDIAN TO CAMBRIAN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRAME OF SIBERIA

3.1. Short Prelude

3.2. The Kuznetsk-Alatau Terranes

3.3. The West Sayan Terranes

3.4. The Gorny Altai Terrane

3.5. The Eravna Terrane Units

3.6. Discussion about Paleomagnetic Data and Tectonic Implication

4. LATE PALEOZOIC EURASIA ASSEMBLY AND TRAP MAGMATISM INTO SIBERIA

4.1. Late Paleozoic Tectonic Introduction

4.2. Late Paleozoic Kara - Siberia Collision and Global Paleozoic Reconstruction

4.3. Paleomagnetic Evidence from Siberian Large Igneous Province

5. MESOZOIC INTRAPLATE MOTIONS AND ITS REFLECTS IN THE EURASIA STRUCTURE

5.1. Brief Review

5.2. The Mongolo-Okhotsk Tectonic Province (Transbaikalia Region)

5.3. Implication of Trasbaikalia Paleomagnetic Evidence to Tectonic of Mongolo-Okhotsk Ocean Cloused

5.4. The Late Mesozoic Intraplate Magmatism of Minusa Depression (Central Asian Tectonic Province).

5.5. Lena Region of Siberian Platform (Verkhoyansk Trough) and Summary of Mesozoic Tectonic and Paleomagnetic Evidence for Siberia

Chapter 9 GEODYNAMICS OF INDIAN FREE-BOARD: ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC COLLISION ZONES AND UNDERLYING LITHOSPHERE AND ITS RAPID DRIFT

2. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY FIELD

2. GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS

3. BOUGUER ANOMALY MAP OF INDIA

4.1. Cenozoic Tectonics in Northern Part

4.2. Archean-Proterozoic Collision Zones of Indian Shield

(i) Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt (ADFB, H3) and Western Rajasthan (H4):

(ii) Satpura Fold Belt (SFB, H6 - H8)

(iii) Godavari Proterozoic Basin (L7 and Adjoining Gravity Highs)

(iv) Peninsular Shield (L8-L12

H11-H12) and Connection to Madagascar

(v) Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) (L13-L15

H13-H14)

(vi) Eastern Ghat Fold Belts and Adjoining Proterozoic Basins (H15 - H17

L12 - L13) and Extension in Sri Lanka

5. LITHOSPHERE UNDER INDIAN CONTINENT

5.1. Spectrum of Bouguer Anomaly Map of India

5.2. Low Pass Filtered Regional Map and Modelling along Profiles

6. CHAMP-SATELLITE MAGNETIC MAP OVER INDIA AND TIBET

6.1. Spectral Analysis of CHAMP Satellite Magnetic Data

7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

7.1. Archean-Proterozoic Cratons and Fold Belts

7.2. Lithosphere under Indian Continent and its Rapid Drift

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Chapter 10 NATURE OF PERMIAN FAUNAS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES

PREVIOUS WORK

SCOPE OF PRESENT STUDY

EARLY PERMIAN FUSULINIDS

Early Permian Fusulinids of the Craton

Texas

Arizona-New Mexico

California

Nevada

Canada

Early Permian Fusulinids in the Terranes

McCloud Belt

Wrangellia Terrane.

Eastern Tethyan Terranes

Relationships between Early Permian Fusulinid Faunas

EARLY PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS

Colonial Rugose Corals on the Craton

Colonial Rugose Corals in the Terranes

Relationships between Early Permian Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas

INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY PERMIAN FAUNAS

Fusulinid Faunas

Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas

PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE EARLY PERMIAN

Latitudinal Placement

Longitudinal Placement

FAUNAL CHANGES FROM EARLY TO MIDDLE PERMIAN

MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN FUSULINIDS

MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS

PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE MIDDLE PERMIAN

Chapter 11 GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AFRICAN ATLASIC BELT

Main Geological Features

High and Middle Atlas

Saharan Atlas and Aurès Mounts

Tunisian Atlas

STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN THE ATLASIC BELT AND AFRICAN CRATON

North-South Trends

Béchar Suture

Laghouat Trend

Zibans High Zone

Tébessa Trend

Tunisian North-South Axis

East-West to ENE to ESE Trends

PALEOGEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ATLASIC BASINS

Triassic- Lias Rifting

Middle to Late Jurassic Rifting

Cretaceous Extensional Episodes (Aptian to Early Turonian)

Early Aptian Rifting Episode

Latest Albian Rifting Episode

Latest Cenomanian to Early Turonian Rifting Episode

Senonian Compressional Events

Tertiary Folding

PLATE KINEMATIC CONTROL ON THE ATLASIC DEFORMATIONS

NEOTETHYS AND NORTH-EASTERN ATLASIC DOMAIN PALEOTECTONICS

Overview of the Tunisian and Libyan Margin

Pelagian Sea

Sirte Basin

Plate Tectonics and Neotethys Evolution

Late Permian to Early Jurassic

Cretaceous

Tertiary

REFERENCES.

Short Communication A 3D MORPHOLOGY OF PHASE MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS BY THE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY METHOD.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61668-997-8

OCLC:

923662588