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This monograph presents an integrated view of the origin of continents, ocean basins, mountain belts and other tectonic features. It is shown that all tectonic belts originate through a single mechanism and that this mechanism can be described in terms of the laws of physics, especially Newton's three laws of motion, and their derivatives - Pascal's law, Stokes's law, the Peach-Kohler force (a derivative of the law of gravity), Poiseuille's law, the Navier-Stokes equations and the Navier-Coulomb maximum stress theory. This book should be of interest to scientists and researchers in many disciplines, not just geology and geophysics, but also fluid mechanics and related fields. The targeted audience includes advanced geology and geophysics majors, graduate students at all levels and all persons involved in structural geology, tectonics, igneous geochemistry and mineral exploration.

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Author:   Arthur A. Meyerhoff ,  Donna Meyerhoff Hull ,  I. Taner ,  A.E.L. Morris
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   9
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.470kg
ISBN:  

9780792341567

ISBN 10:   0792341562
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   31 August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Why a New Hypothesis?.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Former and Current Concepts of Earth Dynamics.- 1.3 Conclusion.- 2: Unraveling Earth History: Tectonic Data Sets.- 2.1 Data Availability.- 2.2 New Data Acquisition.- 2.3 Data Sets Unexplained in Current Tectonic Models: Foundation for a New Hypothesis.- 2.4 Conclusion.- Chapter3: Surge Tectonics.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Velocity Structure of the Earth’s Outer Shells.- 3.3 Contraction.- 3.4 Contraction as an Explanation of Earth Dynamics.- 3.5 Review of Surge and Related Concepts in Earth-Dynamic Theory.- 3.6 Geotectonic Cycle of Surge Tectonics.- 3.7 Pascal’s Law—the Core of Tectogenesis.- 3.8 Evidence for the Existence of Surge Channels.- 3.9 Geometry of Surge Channels.- 3.10 Demonstration of Tangential Flow in Surge Channels.- 3.11 Mechanism for Eastward Surge.- 3.12 Classification of Surge Channels.- 3.13 K Structures.- 3.14 Criteria for the Identification of Surge Channels.- 4: Examples of Surge Channels.- 4.1 Ocean-Basin Surge Channels.- 4.2 Surge Channels of Continental Margins.- 4.3 Continental Surge Channels.- 4.4 Surge Channels in Zones of Transtension-Transpression.- 5: The Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Asia—a Regional Application of the Surge-Tectonics Hypothesis.- 5.1 Surge Tectonic Framework.- 5.2 Surge-Tectonic History.- 6: Magma Floods, Flood Basalts, and Surge Tectonics.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Descriptions of Selected Continental Flood-Basalt Provinces.- 6.3 The Use of Geochemistry in Identifying Flood Basalts.- 6.4 Geochemical Comparisons among Basalts Erupted in Different Tectonic Settings.- 6.5 Duration of Individual Basalt Floods.- 6.6 Flood-Basalt Provinces and Frequency in Geologic Time.- 6.7 Non-Basalt Flood Volcanism in Flood-Basalt Provinces.- 6.8 Flood Basalts or Magma Floods?.- 6.9Surge-Tectonics Origin of Magma Floods.- 7: Conclusions.

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