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245 00 $aMechanisms of continental drift and plate tectonics /$cedited by P. A. Davies and S. K. Runcorn.
260 0 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bAcademic Press,$c1980.
300 $axiii, 362 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aProceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, March/April 1979.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe mechanisms of continental drift and plate tectonics : some boundary conditions from surface phenomena / R.W. Girdler -- A dynamic model of subduction zones / R. Freund, D. Kosloff, A. Matthews -- Thermomechanical models of the Rio Grande Rift / R.J. Bridwell, C.A. Anderson -- The tectonic evolution of the earth's surface and changing lithospheric properties / D.H. Tarling -- Evolution of the earth's lithosphere / G.F. Panza -- An analysis of past plate motions : the South Atlantic and Indian oceans / E.J. Barron, C.G.A. Harrison -- Small-scale convection in the upper mantle and the isostatic response of the Canadian shield / R. Stephenson, C. Beaumont -- Q[subscript beta]⁻¹ models for the East Pacific rise and the Nazca plate / J.A. Canas, B.J. Mitchell, A.M. Corrreig -- Can membrane tectonics be used to explain the break-up of plates? / S.J. Freeth -- Self-driven motions of plates and descending slabs / G. Schubert --
505 0 $aPlate sliding and sinking in mantle convection and the driving mechanism / W.R. Jacoby -- Some major questions concerning mantle convection / D.L. Turcotte -- The heat flow from the earth : a review / H.N. Pollack -- Some comments on the mechanism of continental drift / S.K. Runcorn -- Rheology, plate motions and mantle convection / B.H. Hager, R.J. O'Connell -- Laboratory modelling of mantle flows / P.A. Davies -- Theory and experiment in cellular convection / R. Krishnamurti -- Convection in multi-layer systems / A.-T. Nguyen, F.A. Kulacki -- Convection of a very viscous fluid heated from below / D.J. Tritton, D.M. Rayburn, M.A. Forrest -- Numerical simulation of mantle convection / U. Kopitzke -- Viscosity estimates of the lithosphere and asthenosphere / U.R. Vetter, J.F. Strehlau, R.O. Meissner -- Plasticity and anelasticity of olivine and forsterite from laboratory experiments / M. Darot [and others] --
505 0 $aThe electrical conductivity of the lower mantle / V. Courtillot [and others] -- Seismic anomalies in the lower mantle and at the core-mantle boundary / D.J. Doornbos -- Outgassing and the power source for plate tectonics / T. Gold -- Astronomical evidence of relationships between polar motion, earth rotation and continental drift / A. Poma, E. Proverbio.
650 0 $aContinental drift.
650 0 $aPlate tectonics.
650 2 $aCataract$xetiology.
650 2 $aLens, Crystalline$xphysiopathology.
700 1 $aDavies, P. A.
700 1 $aRuncorn, S. K.
776 08 $iOnline version:$tMechanisms of continental drift and plate tectonics.$dLondon ; New York : Academic Press, 1980$w(OCoLC)646982355
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