Geokinematics Prelude to Geodynamics
There's something about introductory textbooks that can be fundamentally misleading. As I plowed through freshman Physical Geology some 36 years ago, I couldn't help but acquire the impression that all of the major problems in the earth sciences had been solved. Yes, there was a chapter ab...
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Proper Reference Frames: Hotspots, Paleomagnetism, Paleoclimate
- 3 Plate Kinematic and Reconstruction Fundamentals
- 4 Kinematic and Reconstruction Modeling with Continuously Varying Parameters
- 5 An Inverse Model
- 6 Hotspot Trace Patterns
- 7 Contemporary Stress Fields
- 8 Observed and Predicted Stress Orientations from Plate-Hotspot Motions
- 9 Paleomagnetic Reference Frame
- 10 Back-Arc Spreading Centers
- 11 Hotspot Reference Frames: The “Necessity” of Mesoplates
- 12 Mesoplates and the Origin of Hotspots
- 13 Fracture Reservoirs and Intraplate Stresses
- 14 Conclusion
- References
- Supplementary References: Additional Sources for Appendix 5
- Appendix 1: Derivation of Instantaneous Pole and Angle of Plate Motion from an Analytic Finite Rotation Functions
- Appendix 2: Relative and Hotspot Plate Reconstruction Parameters
- Appendix 3: Calculated Reconstruction and Kinematic Parameters
- Appendix 4: Isotopic Ages from Inferred Hotspot Traces
- Appendix 5: Paleostresses