Global Tectonics - Softcover

Kearey, Philip; Klepeis, Keith A.; Vine, Frederick J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405107774 ISBN 13: 9781405107778

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global tectonics, and includes major revisions to reflect the most significant recent advances in the field.

• A fully revised third edition of this highly acclaimed text written by eminent authors including one of the pioneers of plate tectonic theory
  
• Major revisions to this new edition reflect the most significant recent advances in the field, including new and expanded chapters on Precambrian tectonics and the supercontinent cycle and the implications of plate tectonics for environmental change
  
• Combines a historical approach with process science to provide a careful balance between geological and geophysical material in both continental and oceanic regimes
  
• Dedicated website available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/kearey/

About this title

Book Description:

Warmly praised in its first edition, particularly for its careful balance between geology and geophysics, GLOBAL TECTONICS is an even better textbook in its second edition. Responding to reviews, comments from instructors and developments in the subject, the authors have significantly extended the book's breadth and restructured some sections. Expanded sections include those on the formation of oceanic crust, the variety of passive continental margins and the nature of convection in the mantle, and a new chapter draws together the material on continental rifts and sedimentary basins.

From the Back Cover:

The third edition of this widely acclaimed textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to all aspects of global tectonics. Revisions to this new edition reflect the most significant recent advances in the field, providing a thorough, accessible, and up-to-date text. Combining a historical approach with process science, Global Tectonics provides a careful balance between geological and geophysical material in both continental and oceanic regimes.

New and expanded chapters in this third edition include Precambrian tectonics and the supercontinent cycle; mantle processes, including mantle plumes; the implications of plate tectonics for environmental change; large igneous provinces; rifted continental margins; ocean ridges; continental transforms; subduction zones; and numerous orogenic examples.

Written in an engaging style, this important text is an essential reference for undergraduates and graduate students who have a basic introduction in the geosciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405107774
• ISBN 13: 9781405107778
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 496