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Plate tectonics & crustal evolution /
This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new sections included on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle sources and evol...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1989.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
| Temas: |
11030
> lithosphere
> 21030
> evolution
> 20030
> effects
> 10030
> lithosphere
> p1030
> plates
> 21030
> motion
> 20030
> effects on evolution of lithosphere
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new sections included on meteorites, seismic tomography, mantle convection, accretionary terranes, mantle sources and evolution, continental growth, secular changes in Earth history, also a new chapter on exogenic Earth systems. In addition the following topics have been substantially revised: lunar origin, global gravity, origin of the core, metamorphism, plate boundaries, hotspots, tectonic settings, and magma associations. Among the new features the Tectonic Map of the World has also been updated. |
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| Notas: | One col. folded map in pocket. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 476 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0080348742 9780080348742 9781483286655 1483286657 |