When did plate tectonics begin on planet Earth? / edited by Kent C. Condie, Victoria Pease.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Condie, Kent C.

Pease, Victoria.

Geological Society of America.

Conference Name:

Geological Society of America Penrose Conference (2006 : Lander, Wyo.)

Series:

Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 440.

Special paper ; 440

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plate tectonics--History--Congresses.

Plate tectonics.

History.

Earth (Planet)--Crust--Congresses.

Earth (Planet).

Planets--Crust.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Conference papers and proceedings.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 294 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2008.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

text file

Summary:

"Inspired by a GSA Penrose Conference held in Lander, Wyoming, June 14-18, 2006, this volume discusses the beginning and evolution of plate tectonics on Earth, and gives readers an introduction to some of the uncertainties and controversies related to the evolution of the planet. In the first three sections of the book, which cover isotopic, geochemical, metamorphic, mineralization, and mantle geodynamic constraints, a variety of papers address the question of when "modern-style" plate tectonics began on planet Earth. The next set of papers focuses on the geodynamic or geophysical constraints for the beginning of plate tectonics. The volume's final section synthesizes a broad range of evidence, from planetary analogues and geodynamic modeling, to Earth's preserved geologic record. This work provides an excellent graduate level text summarizing the current state of knowledge and will be of interest to a wide range of earth and planetary scientists."--Publisher's website.

Contents:

A review of the isotopic and trace element evidence for mantle and crustal processes in the Hadean and Archean : implications for the onset of plate tectonic subduction / Steven B. Shirey [and others]

A trace element perspective on Archean crust formation and on the presence or absence of Archean subduction / Stephen Foley

An overview of the lithological and geochemical characteristics of the Mesoarchean (circa 3075 Ma) Ivisaartoq greenstone belt, southern West Greenland / Ali Polat [and others]

Stratigraphy, geochemistry, and depositional environments of Mesoarchean sedimentary units in western Surperior Province : implications for generation of early crust / Philip Fralick, Pete Hollings, and David King

Characteristic thermal regimes of plate tectonics and their metamorphic imprint throughout Earth history : when did Earth first adopt a plate tectonics mode of behavior? / Michael Brown

Evidence for modern-style subduction to 3.1 Ga : a plateau-adakite-gold (diamond) association / D.A. Wyman, C. O'Neill, and J.A. Ayer

Effects of a warmer mantle on the characteristics of Archean passive margins / Andrew Hynes

Tectonics of early Earth : some geodynamic considerations / Jeroen van Hunen [and others]

The Late Archean Abitibi-Opatica terrane, Superior Province : a modified oceanic plateau / Keith Benn and Jean-François Moyen

When did plate tectonics begin? : evidence from the orogenic record / Victoria Pease [and others]

Seismic images of Paleoproterozoic microplate boundaries in the Fennoscandian Shield / Annakaisa Korja and Pekka J. Heikkinen

Plate tectonics on early Earth? : weighing the paleomagnetic evidence / David A.D. Evans and Sergei A. Pisarevsky

Modern-style plate tectonics began in Neoproterozoic time : an alternative interpretation of Earth's tectonic history / Robert J. Stern

When did plate tectonics begin? : evidence from the geologic record / Kent C. Condie and Alfred Kröner.

Notes:

Papers from the Penrose Conference held in Lander, Wyo., June 14-18, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Geological Society of America Penrose Conference (2006 : Lander, Wyo.). When did plate tectonics begin on planet Earth?.

OCLC:

989724909

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.