Plate tectonics and crustal evolution /

Plate tectonics and crustal evolution /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Condie, Kent C.
Edition:	4th ed.
Imprint:	Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Plate tectonics. Planets -- Crust. Plate tectonics. Earth (Planet) -- Crust. Earth (Planet)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155617

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Other uniform titles:	Condie, Kent C. Plate tectonics & crustal evolution.
ISBN:	9780080514093 008051409X 1281039217 9781281039217 9786611039219 661103921X 9780750633864 0750633867
Notes:	Revised edition of: Plate tectonics & crustal evolution. 3rd ed. 1989. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-278) and index. English. Print version record.
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 addition, a new appendix provides a valuable survey of current methodology.
Other form:	Print version: Condie, Kent C. Plate tectonics and crustal evolution. 4th ed. Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997 0750633867 9780750633864

Table of Contents:

Preface; Plate tectonics; The Earth's crust; Tectonic settings; Crustal evolution; The core and mantel; Supercontinents; Atmosphere, oceans and climate; Life and mass extinctions; The origin of the solar system; Earth systems; Appendix
methodologies; Index.