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The earth's crust and mantle /
The Earth's crust and Mantle.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier Pub. Co.,
1964.
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| Colección: | Developments in solid earth geophysics ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Earth's Crust and Mantle; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY; CHAPTER II. CONSTITUTION OF THE EARTH, ISOSTASY, EQUILIBRIUM, THERMAL BEHAVIOUR; 1. Constitution of the earth and thermal behaviour; 2. Isostasy; 3. The equilibrium figure of the earth and the geodetic problem of deriving the figure of the earth from gravity; 4. The external gravity field of the earth; 5. Active volcanicity a cause of deviations from equilibrium; CHAPTER III. CRUSTAL PHENOMENA AND DEFORMATIONS; 1. General effect of horizontal compression in the crust
- 2. Plastic down-buckling of the crust the origin of geosynclines; 3. Further history of the geosynclinal areas and their forelands; 4. Effects of horizontal tension in the crust; 5. Belts of crustal wrench faulting usually accompanied by overriding; 6. The crustal deformation in island-arc areas; 7. Crustal phenomena and deformations in the ocean crust; CHAPTER IV. CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE MANTLE; 1. Arguments in favour of mantle convection currents; 2. The transition layer between 500 and 900 km depth in connection with mantle currents
- 3. Spherical harmonic development of the earth's topographyA. Interpretation of the spherical harmonic developments, history of the earth; 5. The present phase, third phase, of the earth's history, a crystalline mantle; 6. A possible explanation of the 5th order spherical harmonic prevailing during the present phase of the earth's history, the third phase; 7. The episodic half-turn currents in the mantle; 8. Smaller types of mantle currents; 9. Deep basins in island-arc areas; third arcs; 10. Movements of continents relative to the poles and to each other; Appendix
- CHAPTER V. THE PATTERN OF MANTLE CURRENTS, OF DEEP OCEAN TRENCHES AND OF VOLCANOES OVER THE EARTH'S SURFACE1. Rising mantle currents below the continents and mid-ocean ridges; 2. The pattern of the convection currents in the mantle; 3. The two types of deep ocean trenches and their distribution over the earth; 4. The distribution of volcanoes over the earth's surface; 5. Mountain formation on the continents; REFERENCES; INDEX