Composition, structure, and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by K. Fuchs, C. Froidevaux.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Boulder, Colo. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Geological Society of America,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1987.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xi, 327 p. :
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ill. ;
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28 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Geodynamics series ;
Series Title
Publication no. 0135 of the International Lithosphere Program
Volume Designation
v. 16
GENERAL NOTES
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"Based on a symposium held in Moscow on the occasion of the 26th International Geological Congress"--Foreword.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographies.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A new era in understanding the continental basement : the impact of seismic reflection profiling / Ernest C. Hauser and Jack E. Oliver -- The lower crust of the continents / J.A. Percival and M.J. Berry -- Rheology of the oceanic and continental lithosphere / D.L. Turcotte -- Estimation of crustal viscosities and shear stresses from an extrapolation of experimental steady state flow data / Jurgen Strehlau and Rolf Meissner -- Global mapping of the uppermantle by surface wave tomography / Don L. Anderson -- Global digital seismographic network : research opportunities and recent initiatives / Barbara A. Romanowicz and Adam M. Dziewonski -- Formation of anisotropy in upper mantle peridotites - a review / Adolphe Nicolas and Nikolas I. Christensen -- Surface plate kinematics and mantle convection / A.M. Forte and W.R. Peltier -- Exploring heterogeneities of the continental mantle by high resolution seismic experiments / K. Fuchs, L.P. Vinnik, and C. Prodehl -- Upper mantle metasomatism : chemical and physical consequences / J.B. Dawson -- Mantle xenoliths and continental lithosphere composition / N.V. Sobolev -- The geochemistry of magmatic rocks and paleodynamic reconstructions / Mikhail Kuzmin, Alexandr Al'mukhamedov, and Gennady Anoshin -- The forces driving plate motions and compression of the crust in fold belts / E.V. Artyushkov -- Dynamical extension of the lithosphere during rifting : some numerical model results / C.E. Keen -- Spherical shell tectonics and the evolution of subduction zones / Koshun Yamaoka, Yoshio Fuako, and Mineo Kumazawa -- Interim report on electromagnetic lithosphere-asthenosphere soundings (ELAS) to Coordinating Committee No. 5 of the International Lithosphere Programme / D. Ian Gough -- Structural model of the subcrustal lithosphere in Central Europe / V. Babuška, J. Plomerová, and J. Šílený -- The European geotraverse (EGT) project : a progress report / Daniel A. Galson and Stephan Mueller -- Deep seismic sounding on long range profiles in the Atlantic Ocean / S.M. Zverev and G.A. Yaroshevskay -- The geology of ocean floor / Kenneth J. Hsü -- Isostasy in the USSR. 1, Admittance data / M.G. Kogan and M.K. McNutt -- Isostasy in the USSR. 2, Interpretation of admittance data / M.K. McNutt and M.G. Kogan.
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Composition, structure, and dynamics of the lithosphere-asthenosphere system.