Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure and Tectonothermal Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
Crust-Mantle Thermal Structure and Tectonothermal Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau

Author: Xianjie Shen

Publisher: VSP

Published: 1996-12

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9789067642231

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This monograph deals with systematic studies of all relevant thermal aspects of the Tibetan Plateau, including terrestrial heat flow measures, distribution pattern of observed heat flow along a N-S profile, crust-mantle thermal structure, and North-Middle-South triple heterogeneity across the whole plateau. Main emphasis has been put on the close correlation between thermal and comprehensive geophysical fields and the intrinsic genetic linkage between tectonic deformation of terranes and thereby induced deep-seated and superficial theral activities and responses. This new approach, in combination with available geoscientific research results, has led to a synthetic idea of integrated tectonothermal evolution of the Tibetan Plateau.

Himalaya
Himalaya

Author: P. S. Saklani

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau
Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau

Author: Richard Gloaguen

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781862393264

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Despite agreement on first-order features and mechanisms, critical aspects of the origin and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, such as the exact timing and nature of collision, the initiation of plateau uplift, and the evolution of its height and width, are disputed, untested or unknown. This book gathers papers dealing with the growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau. The timing, the underlying mechanisms, their interactions and the induced surface shaping, contributing to the Tibetan Plateau evolution are tightly linked via coupled and feedback processes. We present interdisciplinary contributions allowing insight into the complex interactions between lithospheric dynamics, topography building, erosion, hydrological processes and atmospheric coupling. The book is structured in four parts: early processes in the plateau formation; recent growth of the Tibetan Plateau; mechanisms of plateau growth; and plateau uplift, surface processes and the monsoon.

Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones
Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones

Author: Richard D. Law

Publisher: Geological Society of London

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9781862392090

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This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.

Treatise on Geophysics
Treatise on Geophysics

Author:

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2015-04-17

Total Pages: 5604

ISBN-13: 0444538038

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Treatise on Geophysics, Second Edition, is a comprehensive and in-depth study of the physics of the Earth beyond what any geophysics text has provided previously. Thoroughly revised and updated, it provides fundamental and state-of-the-art discussion of all aspects of geophysics. A highlight of the second edition is a new volume on Near Surface Geophysics that discusses the role of geophysics in the exploitation and conservation of natural resources and the assessment of degradation of natural systems by pollution. Additional features include new material in the Planets and Moon, Mantle Dynamics, Core Dynamics, Crustal and Lithosphere Dynamics, Evolution of the Earth, and Geodesy volumes. New material is also presented on the uses of Earth gravity measurements. This title is essential for professionals, researchers, professors, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of Geophysics and Earth system science. Comprehensive and detailed coverage of all aspects of geophysics Fundamental and state-of-the-art discussions of all research topics Integration of topics into a coherent whole