Tectonics / Eldridge M. Moores, Robert J. Twiss
- Author
- Moores, Eldridge M., 1938-2018
- Published
- New York : W.H. Freeman & Co., [1995]
- Copyright Date
- ©1995
- Physical Description
- xi, 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
- Additional Creators
- Twiss, Robert J.
- Contents
- I Introduction -- 1 Overview -- 2 Geophysical Techniques in Tectonics -- II Plate Tectonics -- 3 Principal Tectonic Features of the Earth -- 4 Plate Tectonics -- 5 Divergent Margins and Rifting -- 6 Transform Faults, Strike Slip Faults, and Related Fracture Zones -- 7 Convergent Margins -- 8 Tectonics and Geology of Selected Triple Junctions -- 9 Collisions -- Interlude: The Scientific Method and the Plate Tectonic Revolution -- The Scientific Method -- The Normal Progress of Science and the Scientific Revolution -- The Development of Plate Tectonics: A Scientific Revolution -- III Tectonic History -- 10 Anatomy of Orogenic Belts -- 11 Neotectonics -- 12 Case Studies of Orogenic Belts -- 13 Tectonics of Terrestrial Planets.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0716724375
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-402) and index.
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