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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778674103321

Titolo

Continental tectonics / / Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Board, Assembly of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy of Sciences, , 1980

ISBN

1-280-24610-3

9786610246106

0-309-54048-8

0-585-14932-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 197 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in geophysics

Disciplina

551.1/36

Soggetti

Plate tectonics

Continents

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Miami in Apr. 1978.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

1 Front Matter; 2 Title; 3 Overview and Recommendations; 4 I. Summary; 5 II. Plate-Boundary Tectonics; 6 III. Intraplate Tectonics; 7 IV. Characterization of Continental Crust; 8 V. Continental Crust; 9 Supplementary: Plate 11-1