Paleogeodynamics: The Plate Tectonic Evolution of the Earth

Title Page
......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Contents......Page 3
About the Authors......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Introduction......Page 7
Lithosphere and Asthenosphere......Page 9
Plate Boundaries......Page 14
Divergent Plate Boundaries......Page 15
Convergent Plate Boundaries......Page 61
Transform Plate Boundaries......Page 94
Granitoid Magmatism......Page 98
Geological Complexes as Indicatorsof Geodynamic Settings......Page 106
Mathematical Description of Plate Motions......Page 108
Calculation of Motion Rates......Page 141
General Characteristics and Significance for
Paleogeodynamics......Page 143
Composition of Intraplate Magmas......Page 145
Distribution of Hot Spots......Page 148
Hot and Cold Fields of the Earth's Mantle......Page 149
Tectonics of Hot Fields......Page 150
Paleomagnetic Methods for Determination
of Continental Drift......Page 153
Linear Magnetic Anomalies in the Oceans......Page 161
Fossil Oceanic Magnetic Anomalies......Page 166
Paleoclimatic Indicators......Page 167
AIIochthonous Far-Traveled
Tectonic Terranes......Page 174
Reconstruction of the Absolute Motion
of Continents in the Late Paleo......Page 181
PaleogeodynamRiecc onstructioonfs the Urals......Page 187
Reconstruction of the Pacific Plate Motion......Page 192
General Pattern of Plate Motion
in the Phanerozoic......Page 202
Summary......Page 208
Appendix Table......Page 209
References......Page 215