Palaeomagnetism and Plate Tectonics
Author : M. W. McElhinny
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 1979-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521297530
Author : M. W. McElhinny
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 1979-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521297530
Author : Allan Cox
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 2009-07-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1444314211
Palaeomagnetism, plates, hot spots, trenches and ridges are the subject of this unusual book. Plate Tectonics is a book of exercises and background information that introduces and demonstrates the basics of the subject. In a lively and lucid manner, it brings together a great deal of material in spherical trigonometry that is necessary to understand plate tectonics and the research literature written about it. It is intended for use in first year graduate courses in geophysics and tectonics, and provides a guide to the quantitative understanding of plate tectonics.
Author : Steven Earle
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2016-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781537068824
This is a discount Black and white version. Some images may be unclear, please see BCCampus website for the digital version.This book was born out of a 2014 meeting of earth science educators representing most of the universities and colleges in British Columbia, and nurtured by a widely shared frustration that many students are not thriving in courses because textbooks have become too expensive for them to buy. But the real inspiration comes from a fascination for the spectacular geology of western Canada and the many decades that the author spent exploring this region along with colleagues, students, family, and friends. My goal has been to provide an accessible and comprehensive guide to the important topics of geology, richly illustrated with examples from western Canada. Although this text is intended to complement a typical first-year course in physical geology, its contents could be applied to numerous other related courses.
Author : D.E. James
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1299 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 1989-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 0442243669
Consisting of more than 150 articles written by leading experts, this authoritative reference encompasses the entire field of solid-earth geophysics. It describes in detail the state of current knowledge, including advanced instrumentation and techniques, and focuses on important areas of exploration geophysics. It also offers clear and complete coverage of seismology, geodesy, gravimetry, magnetotellurics and related areas in the adjacent disciplines of physics, geology, oceanography and space science.
Author : Lisa Tauxe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 2010-03-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520260317
"This book by Lisa Tauxe and others is a marvelous tool for education and research in Paleomagnetism. Many students in the U.S. and around the world will welcome this publication, which was previously only available via the Internet. Professor Tauxe has performed a service for teaching and research that is utterly unique."—Neil D. Opdyke, University of Florida
Author : Trond H. Torsvik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Science
ISBN : 1107105323
This book provides a complete Phanerozoic story of palaeogeography, using new and detailed full-colour maps, to link surface and deep-Earth processes.
Author : Rob van der Voo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 18,72 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521419417
Continents move around continuously with respect to each other; this book describes what went where.
Author : M. W. McElhinny
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 27,20 MB
Release : 1973-02
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Michael W. McElhinny
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 1999-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080513468
Paleomagnetism is the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks. It has been paramount in determining that the continents have drifted over the surface of the Earth throughout geological time. The fossil magnetism preserved in the ocean floor has demonstrated how continental drift takes place through the process of sea-floor spreading. The methods and techniques used in paleomagnetic studies of continental rocks and of the ocean floor are described and then applied to determining horizontal movements of the Earth's crust over geological time. An up-to-date review of global paleomagnetic data enables 1000 million years of Earth history to be summarized in terms of the drift of the major crustal blocks over the surface of the Earth. The first edition of McElhinny's book was heralded as a "classic and definitive text." It thoroughly discussed the theory of geomagnetism, the geologic reversals of the Earth's magnetic field, and the shifting of magnetic poles. In the 25 years since the highly successful first edition of Palaeomagnetism and Plate Tectonics (Cambridge, 1973) the many advances in the concepts, methodology, and insights into paleomagnetism warrant this new treatment. This completely updated and revised edition of Paleomagnetism: Continents and Oceans will be a welcome resource for a broad audience of earth scientists as well as laypeople curious about magnetism, paleogeography, geology, and plate tectonics. Because the book is intended for a wide audience of geologists, geophysicists, and oceanographers, it balances the mathematical and descriptive aspects of each topic. - Details the theory and methodology of rock magnetism, with particular emphasis on intrepreting crustal movements from continental and oceanic measurements - Outlines Earth history for the past 1000 million years, from the Rodinia super-continent through its breakup and the formation of Gondwana to the formation and breakup of Pangea and the amalgamation of Eurasia - Provides a comprehensive treatment of oceanic paleomagnetism - Provides a set of color pateogeographic maps covering the past 250 million years - Written by two internationally recognized experts in the field
Author : David Gubbins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1061 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 1402044232
This reference encompasses the fields of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism in a single volume. Both sciences have applications in navigation, in the search for minerals and hydrocarbons, in dating rock sequences, and in unraveling past geologic movements such as plate motions they have contributed to a better understanding of the Earth. The book describes in fine detail the current state of knowledge and provides an up-to-date synthesis of the most basic concepts. It is an indispensable working tool not only for geophysicists and geophysics students but also for geologists, physicists, atmospheric and environmental scientists, and engineers.