Mantle convection for geologists /

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"Mantle convection is the fundamental agent driving many of the geological features observed at the Earth's surface, including plate tectonics and plume volcanism. Yet many Earth scientists have an incomplete understanding of the process. This book describes the physics and fluid dynamics...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Geoffrey F.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Plate tectonics.
Plumes (Fluid dynamics)
Heat
Online Access:http://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/98004/cover/9780521198004.jpg
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Context
  • 3. Why moving plates?
  • 4. Solid, yielding mantle
  • 5. Convection
  • 6. The plate mode of convection
  • 7. The plume mode of convection
  • 8. Perspective
  • 9. Evolution and tectonics
  • 10. Mantle chemical evolution
  • 11. Assimilating mantle convection into geology
  • Appendix A. Exponential growth and decay
  • Appendix B. Thermal evolution details
  • Appendix C. Chemical evolution details.

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