Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh
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| Autore: |
Rogers John J. W (John James William), <1930-2015, >
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| Titolo: |
Continents and supercontinents / / John J.W. Rogers and M. Santosh
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2004 |
| ©2004 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.1/36 |
| Soggetto topico: | Continents |
| Continental drift | |
| Plate tectonics | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Earth (Planet) Crust |
| Persona (resp. second.): | SantoshM |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2004. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; 1. Continental Drift-The Road to Plate Tectonics; 2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Past; 3. Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust Through Time; 4. Growth of Cratons and their Post-Stabilization Histories; 5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle; 6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents; 7. Supercontinents Older than Gondwana; 8. Gondwana and Pangea; 9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins; 10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea |
| 11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic Evolution; Appendix A. Seismic Methods; Appendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients; Appendix C. Paleomagnetism; Appendix D. Isotopic Systems; Appendix E. Cratons; Appendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic Suites; Appendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville Age; Appendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga Age; Appendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano Age; References; Author Index; Subject Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history. It also shows how these processes affected the composition of seawater, climate, and the evolution of life. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Continents and supercontinents |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756214-0 |
| 1-280-53295-5 | |
| 1-4237-2050-4 | |
| 0-19-534733-1 | |
| 1-60256-919-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813207003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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