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New Concepts in Global Tectonics

Name: New Concepts in Global Tectonics
Author: Sankar Chatterjee, Nicholas Hotton, III
ISBN: 9780896722699

by Sankar Chatterjee, Nicholas Hotton, III

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Plate Tectonics : An Overview. Plate Tectonics And Continental Drift In Geologic Education / Paul D. Lowman, Jr. -- Geometry Of Plate Tectonics. A Kinematic Perspective On Finite Relative Plate Motion, Provided By The First-order Cycloid Model / Vincent S. Cronin -- An Experimental Study Of Ridge Offsets In Relation To Trends Of Ridge And Transform Faults, Using Wax Models / S.k. Ghosh -- A Kinematic Model For The Evolution Of The Indian Plate Since The Late Jurassic / Sankar Chatterjee -- Continental Tectonics And Orogeny. Intracratonic Tectonism : Key To The Mechanism Of Diastrophism / A.c. Grant -- The Tectonic Framework Of Australia / Vadim Anfiloff -- Conventional Plate Tectonics And Orogenic Models / S.e. Cebull And D.h. Shurbet -- Geological Evidence For A Simple Horizontal Compression Of The Crust In The Zagros Crush Zone / Mansour S. Kashfi -- Constraints To Major Right-lateral Movements, San Andreas Fault System, Central And Northern California, Usa / B.d. Martin -- Tectonics Of The Ocean Basins. Origin Of Midocean Ridges / Arthur A. Meyerhoff [and Others]. (cont.) Paleoland, Crustal Structure, And Composition Under The Northwestern Pacific Ocean / D.r. Choi, B.i. Vasil'yev, M.i. Bhat -- Past Distribution Of Oceans And Continents / J.m. Dickins, D.r. Choi, A.n. Yeates -- Paleomagnetism. Rotating Plates : New Concept Of Global Tectonics / K.m. Storetvedt -- Reykjanes Ridge : Quantitative Determinations From Magnetic Anomalies / William B. Agocs, Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Karoly Kis -- Paleobiogeography. Paleofloras, Faunas, And Continental Drift : Some Problem Areas / Charles J. Smiley -- Paleozoogeographic Relationships Of Australian Mesozoic Tetrapods / R.e. Molnar -- Global Distribution Of Terrestrial And Aquatic Tetrapods, And Its Relevance To The Position Of Continental Masses / Nicholas Hotton Iii -- Alternatives To Plate Tectonics. Has The Earth Increased In Size? / H.g. Owen -- Earth Expansion Theory Versus Statical Earth Assumption / G.o.w. Kremp -- Surge Tectonics : A New Hypothesis Of Earth Dynamics / Arthur A. Meyerhoff [and Others] -- Endogenic Regimes And The Evolution Of The Tectonosphere / V.v. Beloussov. (cont.) Global Change : Shear-dominated Geotectonics Modulated By Rhythmic Earth Pulsations / Forese-carlo Wezel -- The Contracting-expanding Earth And The Binary System Of Its Megacyclicity / L.s. Smirnoff. Edited By Sankar Chatterjee And Nicholas Hotton Iii. Includes Bibliographical References.