The Analysis of Diffuse Triple Junction Zones in Plate Tectonics and the Pirate Model of Western Caribbean Tectonics

Modern researchers in plate tectonics may be concerned with the analysis of distributed deformation across diffuse plate boundaries and triple junction zones. This book extends classic methods of kinematic analysis first developed in the 1960s to the more general scenarios of diffuse deformation zon...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keppie, D. Fraser (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
Temas:
Geology.
Geophysics.
Geomorphology.
Earth sciences.
Oceanography.
Earth Sciences.
Ocean Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Western Caribbean Tectonics
  • Abstract.-Tectonic constraints
  • Theoretical analysis of Western Caribbean tectonics
  • Western Caribbean Plate corners
  • Relative Plate motions
  • Western Caribbean arc deformation style
  • Review of Western Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico tectonics
  • Shortening at the Eastern Caribbean Plate boundary
  • Extension conjugate to Eastern Caribbean shortening
  • Displacements at the Western Caribbean Plate corners
  • Western Caribbean microplates
  • Discussion
  • Consistency with known data
  • Predictive Power
  • A new, multi-mode model for Western Caribbean tectonics
  • The Chortis Block controversy
  • Neo-Caribbean tectonics
  • Meeting of the Americas
  • Age of Gulf of Mexico opening
  • A geodynamic model for the Western Caribbean region
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Normalization analysis for possibly unstable triple junction zones
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Step 1: Define a doubly-tangent, moving Euclidean tectonic reference frame
  • Step 2: Determine compatibility of major plate motions and plate boundary orientations
  • Step 3: Determine the stability of the normalized, hypothetical triple junction
  • Step 4: Identify end-member nonrigid solutions for an unstable triple junction
  • References.

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