The history and dynamics of global plate motions /

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Imprint:Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c2000.
Description:1 online resource (viii, 398 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Geophysical monograph, 0065-8448 ; 121
Geophysical monograph ; 121.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9130179
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Varying Form of Title:Global plate motions
Other authors / contributors:Richards, Mark A., 1955-
Gordon, Richard G., 1953-
Van der Hilst, Robert D. (Robert Dirk), 1961-
ISBN:9781118668535 (electronic bk.)
1118668537 (electronic bk.)
0875909795
9780875909790
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Here is the state-of-the-art on the dynamics of plate motions, and the questions about it that remain. Earth scientists and students will find it a rich resource for new interpretations and research.
Other form:Print version: 9780875909790

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505 0 |a Introduction: plate tectonics and mantle convection three decades later / Mark A. Richards, Richard G. Gordon, and Rob D. van der Hilst -- The relation between mantle dynamics and plate tectonics: a primer / David Bercovici, Yanick Ricard, and Mark A. Richards -- The quest for self-consistent generation of plate tectonics in mantle convection models / Paul J. Tackley -- On the competing roles of fault reactivation and brittle failure in generating plate tectonics from mantle convection / Michael Gurnis, Shijie Zhong, and John Toth -- What the mantle sees: the effects of continents on mantle heat flow / A. Lenardic, L. Guillou-Frottier, J.-C. Mareschal ... [et al.] -- On the determination of self-consistent strain rate fields within zones of distributed continental deformation / William E. Holt, Bingming Shen-Tu, John Haines ... [et al.] -- Diffuse oceanic plate boundaries: strain rates, vertically averaged rheology, and comparisons with narrow plate boundaries and stable plate interiors / Richard G. Gordon -- Mesozoic/Cenozoic tectonic events around Australia / R. Dietmar Müller, Carmen Gaina, Anahita Tikku ... [et al.] -- Absolute plate motion, mantle flow, and volcanism at the boundary between the Pacific and Indian Ocean mantle domains since 90 Ma / Carmen Gaina, R. Dietmar Müller, and Steven C. Cande -- Models of mantle convection incorporating plate tectonics: the Australian region since the Cretaceous / Michael Gurnis, Louis Moresi, and R. Dietmar Müller -- 
505 0 |a Mapping the lithosphere and asthenosphere with surface waves: lateral structure and anisotropy / Göran Ekström -- A comparison between tomographic and geodynamic models of the earth's mantle / Charles Mégnin and Barbara Romanowicz -- Constraints on mantle convection from seismic tomography / Hrafnkell Kárason and Rob D. van der Hilst -- Mantle convection and plate motion history: toward general circulation models / Mark A. Richards, Hans-Peter Bunge, and Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni -- Large igneous provinces and plate tectonics / Olav Eldholm and Millard F. Coffin -- Recent progress on the plate motion relative to hotspots / Yasushi Harada and Yozo Hamano -- Global hotspot reference frames and plate motion / Ian O. Norton -- Fast Paleogene motion of the Pacific hotspots from revised global plate circuit constraints / Carol A. Raymond, Joann M. Stock, and Steven C. Cande -- Effects of mantle flow on hotspot motion / Bernhard Steinberger and Richard J. O'Connell. 
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