Author: A. J. M. BarronPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
The Geology of Northernmost Malaita
Author: A. J. M. BarronOrigin and Evolution of the Ontong Java Plateau
Author: J. G. FittonPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862391574
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
The Cretaceous submarine Ontong Java Plateau, in the western Pacific Ocean, is the most voluminous of the world's large igneous provinces(LIPs), and represents the largest known magmatic event on Earth. This volume summarizes the results of research aimed principally at testing the plume-head hypothesis for the formation of the Ontong Java Plateau, and presents the results of integrated studies following recent basement drilling on the plateau by the Ocean Drilling Program. Nineteen papers cover topics as diverse as petrology, geochemistry, tectonics, volcanology, paleomagnatism and biostratigraphy.
Report of the British Geological Survey for ...
Author: British Geological SurveyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Geology and Offshore Resources of Pacific Island Arcs, Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Regions
Author: John Graham VedderPublisher: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy & Mineral Resources
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Geochemical Studies of Pacific Oceanic Plateaus
Author: Maria Luisa Garcia TejadaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earth (Planet)
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Caribbean-South American Plate Boundary and Regional Tectonics
Author: William Emory BoniniPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813711622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Magnetic Investigations East of Malaita Island
Author: Peter D. SegoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Surge Tectonics: A New Hypothesis of Global Geodynamics
Author: Arthur A. MeyerhoffPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400917384
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of physics and the postulates of geology. The same is true of geophysics, whose specialties (seismology, gravimetIy, magnetics, magnetotellurics) deal only with the laws that govern them, and not with those that govern geology's postulates. The branch of geology and geophysics called tectonophysics is not a formalized discipline or subdiscipline, and, therefore, has no formal laws or theorems of its own. Although many recent books claim to be textbooks in tectonophysics, they are not; they are books designed to explain one hypothesis, just as the present book is designed to explain one hypothesis. The textbook that comes closest to being a textbook of tectonophysics is Peter 1. Wyllie's (1971) book, The Dynamic Earth. Teachers, students, and practitioners of geology since the very beginning of earth science teaching have avoided the development of a rigorous (but not rigid) scientific approach to tectonics, largely because we earth scientists have not fully understood the origin of the features with which we are dealing. This fact is not at all surprising when one considers that the database for hypotheses and theories of tectonics, particularly before 1960, has been limited to a small part of the exposed land area on the Earth's surface.
Memoir
Author: Origin, Evolution, Environmental Impact of Oceanic LIPs
Author: Clive R. NealPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813725119
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The origin, evolution, and environmental impact of large igneous provinces (LIPs) represents a topic of high scientific importance because the magmatism associated with these features cannot be directly related to plate tectonics, and because the eruption of flood basalts may have global environmental consequences. Oceanic LIPs are even more poorly understood due to their relative inaccessibility. This volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding LIP origin, evolution, and environmental impact in ocean basins. Papers that focus on plate tectonic reconstructions, petrologic and geophysical investigations of various LIPs, and sedimentological and micropaleontological evidence of syn-LIP sediments are presented. Precious materials and data from dredging cruises and scientific ocean drilling expeditions have made this volume possible.