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Mantle Convection for Geologists.
An accessible explanation of the Earth's fundamental tectonic mechanism for students and researchers across a variety of geoscience disciplines.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Context; 3 Why moving plates?; 4 Solid, yielding mantle; 5 Convection; 6 The plate mode of convection; 7 The plume mode of convection; 8 Perspective; 9 Evolution and tectonics; 10 Mantle chemical evolution; 11 Assimilating mantle convection into geology; Appendix A: Exponential growth and decay; Appendix B: Thermal evolution details; Appendix C: Chemical evolution details; References; Index.