Implications of continental drift to the earth sciences. : NATO Advanced Study Institute, April 1972, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne. / Edited by D. H. Tarling and S. K. Runcorn

Conference Author: NATO Advanced Study Institute (1972 : Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Eng)
Published: London ; New York : Academic Press, 1973.
Physical Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators: Tarling, D. H. (Donald Harvey) and Runcorn, S. K.

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v. 1. Drift of the Canadian Shield / J.A. Donaldson [and others] -- Geological interpretation of palaeomagnetic results from the African Precambrian / J.D.A. Piper -- Precambrian polar wander and continental drift of Africa and North America : some comments / A. Brock -- Palaeomagnetic evidence for a proto-Atlantic Ocean / E.A. Hailwood and D.H. Tarling -- On the arrangement of the landmasses and the configuration of the geomagnetic field during the Phanerozoic / K.M. Creer -- Palaeomagnetic results from Eurasia / M.W. McElhinny -- Palaeomagnetic data from the southernmost Andes and the Antarctandes / I.W.D. Dalziel [and others] -- The India-Pakistan subcontinent and the Gondwana reconstructions based on palaeomagnetic results / H. Wensink -- Inferences from recent Indian palaeomagnetic results about the northern margin of the Indian plate and the tectonic evolution of the Himalayas / R.N. Athavale -- Late Palaeozoic and Triassic palaeomagnetism and the opening of the North Atlantic / E.R. Deutsch and G.S. Murthy -- Palaeomagnetism in the Mediterranean area / J.D.A. Zijderveld and R. Van Der Voo -- Sea-floor spreading and the origin of the Arctic Ocean basin / Ned A. Ostenso -- The evolution of the Atlantic north of the Faeroe Islands / M.H.P. Bott -- The evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean / J.R. Heirtzler -- Plate tectonic model of the opening of the Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores / Jean Francheteau -- The structure and evolution of the Indian Ocean / A.S. Laughton, J.G. Sclater and D.P. McKenzie -- Studies of sea-floor spreading and plate movements in the Pacific Basin / Tanya Atwater -- Analysis of past faunal distributions / C.P. Hughes -- Kurten's theory of ordinal variety and the number of the continents / A.J. Charig -- Evolutionary pulsations : evidence from Phanerozic diversity patterns / Karl W. Flessa and John Imbrie -- Provinciality, diversity and extinction of Mesozoic marine invertebrates in relation to plate movements / A. Hallam -- Sweepstakes, filters, corridors, Noah's arks, and beached Viking funeral ships and palaeogeography / Malcolm C. McKenna -- Contemporary biotas and the separation sequence of the southern continents / Allen Keast -- Vertebrates and continental connections : an introduction / Alfred Sherwood Romer -- Devonian fish / T.S. Westoll -- Geographical variation in the tetrapod faunas of the Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian / A.R. Milner and A.L. Panchen -- The distribution of Triassic terrestrial tetrapod families / C.B. Cox -- Vertebrate evolution and biogeography in the Old World tropics : implications of continental drift and palaeoclimatology / Joel Cracraft -- Continental drift and the distributions of fossil reptiles / Edwin H. Colbert -- The enigmatic Glossopteris flora and uniformitarianism / Edna P. Plumstead -- Growth rings in fossil woods as evidence of past climates / William G. Chaloner and G.T. Creber -- Continental drift and plant distribution / R. Melville -- The primary cause of ice-ages / Martin Schwarzbach -- Palaeoclimatology and continental drift / Pamela Lamplugh Robinson -- The early climatic history of the earth and the implications of 'plate tectonics' in the context of organic evolution / H. Termier and G. Termier -- Have there been major changes in the earth's axis of rotation through time? / F. Ahmad -- Glaciation and plate migration / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Causes and consequences of drift in the South Atlantic / R.G. Douglas, M. Moullade and A.E.M. Nairn -- Palaeogene continental positions and evolution of climate / Lawrence A. Frakes and Elizabeth M. Kemp -- Sea-floor spreading and continental ore deposits / J.B. Wright and Patricia McCurry -- Some aspects of the relations between continental drift and metallogenic provinces / W.E. Petrascheck -- Metallogeny possibly related to continental break-up in southwest Scandinavia / F.M. Vokes -- Base-metal mineralization in Ireland and Scotland and the formation of Rockall Trough / M.J. Russell -- The implications of continental drift for the petroleum prospects of West Greenland / G. Henderson -- Coal, climate and global tectonics / James M. Schopf. and v. 2. The geology of constructive plate margins / J.D.A. Piper -- History and mode of crustal evolution in the Icelandic sector of the mid-Atlantic ridge / J.D.A. Piper -- Limited lithosphere separation as a main cause of continental basins, continental growth and epeirogeny / M.F. Osmaston -- Shelf subsidence in relation to the evolution of young continental margins / M.H.P. Bott -- Crustal thinning on Atlantic continental margins : evidence from older margins / N.H. Sleep -- Early events in the opening of the North Atlantic / P.R. Vogt -- Non-collision tectogenesis in western North America / P.J. Coney -- Vertical movements and horizontal translation of the lithosphere / H. Faure -- Uplift, rifting and the break-up of Africa / K. Burke and A.J. Whiteman -- The East African rift system / B.W. Darracott [and others] -- Crustal deformation rate and the evolution of the Ethiopian rift / P.A. Mohr -- Structures of the Afar floor (Ethiopia) / R. Black -- The Red Sea depression : causes and consequences / I.G. Gass -- Response of deep-sea sediments to changes in physical oceanography resulting from separation of Australia and Antarctica / N.D. Watkins and J.P. Kennett -- The argument for a southern Uratlantic / A.E.M. Nairn -- Cretaceous history of the South Atlantic Ocean / R.A. Reyment -- Structural deduction of the initial age of the Atlantic rift systems / P.J. Burek -- Continental fragmentation and ocean floor evolution during the past 200 m.y. / F.J. Vine -- Closing of the Carboniferous sea in western Europe / G.A.L. Johnson -- An improved reconstruction of Gondwanaland / L.C. King -- Morphologic fits of North America/Africa and Gondwana : a review / R.S. Dietz -- East African evidence of the palaeoposition of Madagascar / P.E. Kent -- Tectonics of the Indonesian region / W. Hamilton -- The recognition of former subduction zones in Southeast Asia / N.S. Haile -- The application of plate tectonics to the Mediterranean region / W. Alvarez -- Earth evolution in the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica / E. Stump -- The North Greenland fold belt : a clue to the history of the Arctic Ocean Basin and the Nares Strait lineament / P.R. Dawes -- The continental margin of Tanzania P.E. Kent -- The earmarks of subduction / W.M. Cady -- Plate tectonic significance of Alpine peridotite types / E.M. Moores -- The so-called Tethyan ophiolites / A.G. Smith -- Preliminary magnetic study of Newfoundland ophiolites, indicating the presence of native iron / E.R. Deutsch and K.V. Rao -- Polar wandering and continental drift / S.K. Runcorn -- Geochemistry of continental growth / P. Jakes -- Tectonic evolution of the continental crust of Australia / R.W.R. Rutland -- An outline of Precambrian plate development / K. Burke and J. Dewey -- Plate tectonics and evolution of Precambrian crust / A.M. Goodwin -- Some changes in continental structure since early Precambrian time / J. Sutton -- On the origin of 450 ± 200 m.y. orogenic belts / P.M. Hurley -- Correlation of structures across Precambrian orogenic belts in Africa / R.M. Shackleton -- Martian, lunar, and terrestrial crusts : a 3-dimensional exercise in comparative geophysics / R.A. Wells -- Continents adrift : new orthodoxy or persuasive joker? / R.S. Dietz and J.C. Holden.

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