عنوان

Plates vs. plumes: a geological controversy

9876a

Foulger, Gillian R.

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Plates vs. plumes: a geological controversy

Hoboken, N.J.

Wiley-Blackwell

2010

xi, 328 p., ]20[ p. of plates : ill. )some col.(, maps.

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]288[-318( and index.

Gillian R. Foulger

1. From plate tectonics to plumes, and back again. Volcanoes, and exceptional volcanoe -- Early beginnings : Continental drift and its rejection -- Emergence of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Lists of plumes -- Testing plume predictions -- A quick tour of Hawaii and Iceland -- Moving on : Holism and alternatives -- The Plate hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Testing the Plate hypothesis -- Revisiting Hawaii and Iceland -- Questions and problems -- 2. Vertical motions. Introduction -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Comparison of the predictions of the Plume and Plate hypotheses -- Observations -- Plume variants -- 3. Volcanism. Introduction -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Comparison of the predictions of the Plume and Plate hypotheses -- Observations -- Plume variants -- 4. Time progressions and relative fixity of melting anomalies. Introduction -- Methods -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Observations -- Hotspot reference frames -- Plume variants -- 5. Seismology. Introduction -- Seismological techniques -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Observations -- Global observations -- Plume variants -- 6. Temperature and heat. Introduction -- Methods -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Observations -- Variants of the Plume hypothesis -- 7. Petrology and geochemistry. Introduction -- Some basics -- Predictions of the Plume hypothesis -- Predictions of the Plate hypothesis -- Proposed deep-mantle- and core-mantle-boundary tracers -- A few highlights from melting anomalies -- Plume variants -- 8. Synthesis. Introduction -- Mantle convection -- An unfalsifiable hypothesis -- Diversity : a smoking gun -- The need for joined-up science -- The future -- References -- Index -- Colour plate section.

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