Evolution of the earth / edited by R.J. O'Connell, W.S. Fyfe; [coordinated by O.L. Anderson].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union, 1981.
- Physical Description
- 282 pages : illustrations, figures, tables ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Anderson, O. L. (Orson L.), Fyfe, W. S., and O'Connell, R. J.
- Series
- Contents
- Geodynamics : the unanswered questions / A.L. Hales -- A global geochemical model for the evolution of the mantle / D.L. Anderson -- Temperature profiles in the earth / O.L. Anderson -- The structure, density, and homogeneity of the earth's core / B.A. Bolt and R.A. Uhrhammer -- Deep crustal structure : implications for continental evolution / L.D. Brown [and others] -- Dynamics of the earth's core and the geodynamo / F.H. Busse -- Radiogenic isotopes and crustal evolution D.J. DePaolo -- The carbon-oxygen system at present and in the Precambrian / E. Dimroth -- Strontium isotope composition of volcanic rocks : evidence for contamination of the Kirkpatrick basalt, Antarctica / G. Faure -- Geosphere interactions and earth chemistry / W.S. Fyfe -- Magnetometer arrays and geodynamics / D.I. Gough -- Intraplate stress orientations from Alberta oil-wells / J.S. Bell and D.I. Gough -- Planetary magnetism and the thermal evolution of planetary cores / D. Gubbins -- Isotopic composition of the ocean-atmosphere system in the geological past / J. Hoefs -- Mineral deposits as guides to supracrustal evolution / R.W. Hutchinson -- Inferences from other bodies for the earth's composition and evolution / W.M. Kaula -- Plate tectonic patterns and convection in the Phanerozoic / E.R. Kanasewich, M.E. Evans and J. Havskov -- On the mechanism of the gravitational differentiation in the inner earth / V.P. Keondjan -- The role of oxidation-reduction reactions in the earth's early history / O.L. Kuskov -- A two-layer convective mantle with an internal boundary layer / R. St J. Lambert -- Terrestrial heat flow history and temperature profiles / E.A. Lubimova and O. Parphenuk -- Surface plates and thermal plumes : separate scales of the mantle convective circulation / W.R. Peltier -- Initial state of the earth and its early evolution / V.S. Safronov -- Electrical conduction in mantle materials / T.J. Shankland -- A thermodynamic approach to equations of state and melting at mantle and core pressures / F.D. Stacey -- Cooling of the earth -- a constraint on paleotectonic hypotheses / F.D. Stacey -- A remark on viscosity and convection in the mantle / V.P. Trubitsyn, P.P. Vasiljev and A.A. Karasev.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0875905064
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographies.
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