Continental rifts : evolution, structure, tectonics /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 466 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Developments in geotectonics. 25 Publication no. 264 of the International Lithosphere Program Publication (International Lithosphere Program) ; no. 264. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2450947 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- I. Introduction and Overview
- Introduction: progress in understanding continental rifts
- Mechanisms of rifting: geodynamic modeling of continental rift systems
- II. Methods of Investigation: Multi-disciplinary Perspectives. Petrology,geochemistry, isotopes
- III. Modern Rifts
- The European Cenozoic rift system
- The East African rift system
- The Rio Grande rift
- The Basin and Range province
- The Baikal rift system
- IV. Paleorifts
- The Oslo rift
- The Midcontinent Rift System, U.S.A.: a major Proterozoic continental rift
- Rifted passive margins
- The Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen
- West and Central African rift system
- V. Epilogue Continental rifting: a final perspective
- Subject index.
