Dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle convection. ([2023])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by João C. Duarte.
• Editors: Duarte, João C (João Casal), 1981-
• Contents: 1. Introduction to Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection; 2. The Physics and Origin of Plate Tectonics from Grain to Global Scales; 3. Energetics of the Solid Earth: Implications for the Structure of Mantle Convection; 4. Influence of Mantle Rheology on the Formation of Plate Tectonic Style of Mantle Convection; 5. Tectonic Strain Rates, Diffuse Oceanic Plate Boundaries, and the Plate Tectonic Approximation; 6. Tectonics is a Hologram; 7. Internal Planetary Feedbacks, Mantle Dynamics, and Plate Tectonics; 8. Tectono-convective Modes on Earth and other Terrestrial Bodies; 9. The Past and the Future of Plate Tectonics and other Tectonic; Regimes; 10. How Mantle Convection Drives the Supercontinent Cycle: Mechanism, Driving Force, and Substantivity; 11. Observations and Models of Dynamic Topography: Current Status and Future Directions; 12. Feedbacks between Internal and External Dynamics; 13. Co-Evolution of Life and Plate Tectonics: The Biogeodynamic Perspective on the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic Transitions; 14. Subduction Zones: A Short Review; 15.An Evolutionary Perspective on Subduction Initiation; 16. Lithosphere-Mantle Interactions in Subduction Zones; 17. Mantle Plumes and their Interactions; 18. Evolution of Mantle Plumes and Lower Mantle Structure in Numerical Models using Tectonic Reconstructions as Boundary Conditions; 19. Rifting Continents; 20. Mid-Ocean Ridges: Geodynamics Written in the Seafloor; 21. Roles of Serpentinization in Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of Earth’s Mantle; 22. Numerical Modelling of Subduction; 23. Literate, Reusable, Geodynamic Modelling; 24. Perspectives On Planetary Tectonics
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 594 pages), illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 551.136; Plate tectonics; Earth (Planet) -- Mantle
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323885867
• Related ISBNs: 9780323857338
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on information supplied online (viewed on February 27, 2023).
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