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Paradoxes in geology /
An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift "<IT>Paradoxes in Modern Geology</IT>" in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paradox, as defined in a dictionary, is a statement contrary to accepted opinion. That a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Shu Sun
- PART I. Tectonics
- Paradox of geosyncline hypothesis and orogenic analysis / Jiliang Li, Wenjiao Xiao
- Early mesozoic collapse of the Late Paleozoic archipelago in South China / Wenjiao Xiao [and others]
- Mesozoic tectonics of Fujian, Eastern China / Zuyi Zhou, Zongting Liao
- Songpan-Garze belt: fore-arc accretion or back-arc collapsing? / Pan Guitang, Xu Qiang, Jiang Xinsheng
- Rotational collision and the Tan-Lu transform fault / Wang Qingchen
- Paradox of an ocean-dipping Benioff zone: example from Taiwan / Chia-Yu Lu
- Thin-skinned plate tectonics: the re-invention of a crazy idea / Peter Finckh, Kenneth J. Hs�u
- Oil in 'holes-in-the-continent' (relict oceanic basins) / Sergey Aplonov
- Structural rocks: stratigraphic implications / A.M.C. �Seng�or, Mehmet Sakin�c
- PART II. Mechanics of overthrusting and landsliding
- Rock mechanics and the paradox of overthrusting tectonics / Ueli Briegel
- Flow of giant rock landslides / Christopher R.J. Kilburn
- PART III. Petrology
- Concepts that led to mechanisms of movement of mass and energy in earth / F.W. Dickson
- Crystallization histories of alkaline intrusions in West Texas: some paradoxes and answers / Max F. Carman, Jr., Stanley Indest
- Paradox: the ultramafic rock belt (UMRB) as a metamorphosed tectonic m�elange in northern Dabie Mountains, eastern central China / Xu Shutong, Liu Yican, Wu Weiping
- Nd isotopes vs. Ken Hs�u's tectonic facies: a case study of crust evolution in South China / Xin-Hua Zhou
- PART IV. Paleogeography, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology
- Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean / Maria Bianca Cita
- Review of the catastrophic extinction at the end of the Cretaceous and its scientific implication / He Qixiang
- Oldest biogenous pelagic sediments above Mesozoic oceanic basement: a review / Edward L. Winterer
- Unveiling secrets locked in Great Ghost Lake in Taiwan / Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
- PART V. Applied and basic sciences
- At a turning point in petroleum geology / Stefan M. Luthi
- Exploitation of lithium in brines by Hs�u's method / Chen Yancheng, Kenneth J. Hs�u
- Preliminary report on experiments to monitor C-14 beta-decay / Kenneth J. Hs�u, Min-Pen Chen, Chao-Kai Huang
- PART VI. Postscript
- Career of a frustrated conformist / Kenneth J. Hs�u.