Plate tectonics and crustal evolution / Kent C. Condie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Condie, Kent C.

Contributor:

Condie, Kent C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plate tectonics.

Earth (Planet)--Crust.

Earth (Planet).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive text has established itself over the past 20 years as the definitive work in its fields, presenting a thorough coverage of this key area of structural geology in a way which is ideally suited to advanced undergraduate and masters courses. The thorough coverage means that it is also useful to a wider readership as an up to date survey of plate tectonics.The fourth edition brings the text fully up to date, with coverage of the latest research in crustal evolution, supercontinents, mass extinctions. A new chapter covers the feedbacks of various Earth systems. In additi

Contents:

Front Cover; Plate Tectonics and Crustal Evolution; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Plate tectonics; A perspective; Structure of the Earth; Seafloor spreading; Plate boundaries; The Wilson Cycle; Stress distribution within plates; Plate motions; Plate driving forces; Geomagnetism; Hotpots and plumes; Plate tectonics and organic evolution; Supercontinents; Interactions of Earth systems; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading; Chapter 2. The Earth's crust; Introduction; Crustal types; Continent size; Seismic crustal structure; Crustal gravity; Crustal magnetism

Crustal electrical conductivityHeat flow; Exhumation and cratonization; Processes in the continental crust; Crustal composition; An estimate of crustal composition; Crustal provinces and terranes; The United Plates of America; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading; Chapter 3. Tectonic settings; Introduction; Ocean ridges; Ophiolites; Tectonic settings related to mantle plumes; Cratons and passive margins; Continental rifts; Arc systems; Orogens; Uncertain tectonic settings; Mineral and energy deposits; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading

Chapter 4. The Earth's mantle and coreIntroduction; Seismic structure of the mantle; Geoid anomalies; Electrical conductivity of the mantle; Temperature distribution in the mantle; Composition of the mantle; The lithosphere; The low-velocity zone (LVZ); The transition zone; The lower mantle; Mantle plumes; Mantle upwellings, plumes, and supercontinents; Mantle geochemical components; Identifying mantle components; Convection in the mantle; The core; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading; Chapter 5. Crustal and mantle evolution; Introduction; The Earth's thermal history

The Earth's primitive crustThe Earth's oldest rocks; Crustal origin; How continents grow; Plate tectonics with time; Episodic age distributions; Continental growth rates; Secular changes in the crust-mantle system; Summary of chemical changes at the Archean-Proterozoic boundary; Evolution of the crust-mantle system; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading; Chapter 6. The atmosphere, oceans, climates, and life; Introduction; General features of the atmosphere; The primitive atmosphere; The degassed atmosphere; The origin of oxygen; Phanerozoic atmospheric history

The carbon isotope recordThe sulphur isotope record; The oceans; Paleoclimates; Living systems; Mass extinctions; Summary statements; Suggestions for further reading; Chapter 7. Comparative planetary evolution; Introduction; Impact chronology in the inner Solar System; Members of the Solar System; Chemical composition of the Earth and Moon; Age of the Earth and Solar System; Comparative evolution of the atmospheres of; The continuously habitable zone; Condensation and accretion of the planets; Origin of the Moon; The Earth's rotational history; Comparative planetary evolution

Summary statements

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Plate tectonics & crustal evolution. 3rd ed. 1989.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-278) and index.

Related Work:

Condie, Kent C. Plate tectonics & crustal evolution.

ISBN:

1-281-03921-7

9786611039219

0-08-051409-X

OCLC:

476101239