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Global tectonics.
"The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all prospects of global tectonics. Revisions to this new edition reflect the most significant recent advances in the field, providing a thorough, accessible, and up-to-date text. Combining a historical...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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Oxford ; Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2009.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. / |
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| Online Access: | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007020963-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007020963-d.html |
| Summary: | "The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all prospects of global tectonics. Revisions to this new edition reflect the most significant recent advances in the field, providing a thorough, accessible, and up-to-date text. Combining a historical approach with process science, Global Tectonics provides a careful balance between geological and geophysical material in both continental and oceanic regimes." "New and expanded chapters in this third edition include Precambrian tectonics and the supercontinent cycle; mantle processes, including mantle plumes; the implications of plate tectonics for environmental change; large igneous provinces; rifted continental margins; ocean ridges; continental transforms; subduction zones; and numerous orogenic examples. Written in an engaging style, this important text is an essential reference for undergraduates and graduate students who have a basic introduction in the geosciences."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 482 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-462) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781405107778 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405107774 (pbk. : alk. paper) |