MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2002510237
003 DLC
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008 020802s2002 gw ab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2002510237
020 $a3540679634 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm50217598
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050 00 $aQE511.4$b.R537 2002
082 00 $a551.1/36$221
100 1 $aRibeiro, António,$cprof.
245 10 $aSoft plate and impact tectonics /$cAntónio Ribeiro ; with a contribution of António Mateus.
260 $aBerlin :$aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2002.
300 $axii, 324 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [271]-306) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- 1.1 From Continental Drift to Rigid Plate Tectonics (1910-1968) -- 1.2 Soft Plate Tectonics (1987-1996) -- 1.3 Beyond Plate Tectonics (1980-?) -- 2 Global Tectonics with Rigid Plates: Foundations and Limitations. -- 2.1 Plate Tectonics in Oceans and Continents -- 2.2 Plate Rigidity as a Postulate -- 2.3 Effects of Fluids on Deformation and Its Implications for Composition and Rheology of Lithosphere -- 2.4 Strain and Strain Rates in the Lithosphere: Present and Past -- 2.5 Stress in the Lithosphere: Present and Past -- 2.6 Distributed Deformation in the Lithosphere -- 2.7 Kinematics, Strain and Rheology in Plate Boundaries and Deformed Plate Interiors -- 3 Global Tectonics with Deformable Plates -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Boudinage of Oceanic Lithosphere: Incremental Aseismic Strain -- 3.3 Homogeneous Shortening of Oceanic Lithosphere -- 3.4 Buckling of the Lithosphere -- 3.5 Viscoelastic Rebound -- 3.6 Tectonic Significance of Fractal Dimensions in Seismicity -- 3.7 Finite and Incremental Strain in Discontinuous Deformation Using Scaling Laws for Faulting -- 3.8 Finite Kinematics and Intraplate Strain -- 3.9 Finite Intraplate Strain: Tests and Paths -- 3.10 Conclusion: The Rheology of Oceanic and Continental Lithosphere -- 3.11 Conclusion: The Driving Mechanism -- 3.12 Time-Dependent Mechanical Response of the Oceanic Lithosphere; Strain Partitioning and Deformation Mechanisms -- 4 The Wilson Cycle Revisited -- 4.1 Plate Tectonics as a Dynamic Process -- 4.2 Intraplate Rift Stage -- 4.3 Red Sea Stage -- 4.4 Atlantic Stage -- 4.5 Diffuse Divergent Plate Boundaries: The Azores Triple Junction -- 4.6 Triggering of Subduction -- 4.7 From Passive to Active Margin: West Iberia -- 4.8 Obduction -- 4.9 Pacific Stage -- 4.10 Collision Stage -- 4.11 Intraplate Orogens -- 4.12 Dynamics of the Lithosphere: Inferences from Tectonics -- 4.13 Plate Tectonics Through Time and Space -- 5 The Earth as an Open Dynamic System -- 5.1 Introduction: Impact Tectonics -- 5.2 Tore as an Impact Crater in the Ocean -- 5.3 Tore as a Strain Marker in Mature Oceanic Lithosphere -- 5.4 Impact Tectonomagmatism at Tore -- 5.5 Conclusion.
650 0 $aPlate tectonics.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2002510237.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0816/2002510237-d.html