Plate tectonics [electronic resource] / Xavier Le Pichon, Jean Francheteau and Jean Bonnin. Centre national pour l'exploitation des océans, Centre océanologique de Bretagne, Plouzané (France)
Developments in Geotectonics, 6: Plate Tectonics focuses on the exposition of the plate-tectonics hypothesis, as well as plate boundaries, stratification, and kinematics. The book first offers information on the rheological stratification of the mantle and kinematics of relative movements. Topics in...
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co.,
1973.
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| Series: | Developments in geotectonics ;
v. 6. |
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| Summary: | Developments in Geotectonics, 6: Plate Tectonics focuses on the exposition of the plate-tectonics hypothesis, as well as plate boundaries, stratification, and kinematics. The book first offers information on the rheological stratification of the mantle and kinematics of relative movements. Topics include lithosphere, asthenosphere, kinematics of finite motions, measurements of instantaneous movements, and worldwide kinematic pattern. The text then ponders on movements relative to a frame external to the plates and processes at accreting plate boundaries. Discussions focus on reference frames, |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) |
| ISBN: | 1483257274 9781483257273 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |