| Description |
1 online resource (298 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
1. Continental Drift-The Road to Plate Tectonics; 2. Plate Tectonics Now and in the Past; 3. Creation, Destruction, and Changes in Volume of Continental Crust Through Time; 4. Growth of Cratons and their Post-Stabilization Histories; 5. Assembly of Continents and Establishment of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle; 6. Assembly and Dispersal of Supercontinents; 7. Supercontinents Older than Gondwana; 8. Gondwana and Pangea; 9. Rifting of Pangea and Formation of Present Ocean Basins; 10. History of Continents after Rifting from Pangea |
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11. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Climate12. Effects of Continents and Supercontinents on Organic Evolution; Appendix A. Seismic Methods; Appendix B. Heat Flow and Thermal Gradients; Appendix C. Paleomagnetism; Appendix D. Isotopic Systems; Appendix E. Cratons; Appendix F. Anorogenic Magmatic Suites; Appendix G. Orogenic Belts of Grenville Age; Appendix H. Orogenic Belts of 2.1-1.3-Ga Age; Appendix I. Orogenic Belts of Pan-African-Brasiliano Age; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
Continents and Supercontinents surveys the origin of continents and the accretion and breakup of supercontinents through earth history. It also shows how these processes affected the composition of seawater, climate, and the evolution of life |
| Notes |
Previously issued in print: 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and publisher information |
| Subject |
Continents.
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Continental drift.
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Plate tectonics.
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continents.
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continental drift.
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Continental drift
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Continents
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Planets -- Crust
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Plate tectonics
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| SUBJECT |
Earth (Planet) -- Crust.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040430
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| Subject |
Earth (Planet)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Santosh, M. (Madhava Warrier), author.
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| ISBN |
9780197562147 (ebook) |
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0197562140 (ebook) |
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