Volcanic Rifted Margins
Author: Martin A. Menzies
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780813723624
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Non-volcanic Rifting of Continental Margins
Author: Geological Society of London
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9781862390911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNon-continental margins lack thick lavas that are generated as continental crust thins immediately prior to the onset of seafloor spreading. They may form up to 30 per cent of passive margins around the world. This volume contains papers examining an active margin, fossil margins that border present day oceans, and remnants of margins exposed today in the Alps. The papers present evidence across a range of scales, from individual mineral grains, through borelide cores and outcrop, to whole margins at the crustal scale.
Magmatic Rifting and Active Volcanism
Author: T.J. Wright
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2016-09-06
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 1862397295
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major rifting episode began in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia in September 2005. Over a ten-day period, c. 2.5 km3 of magma were intruded along a 60 km-long dyke separating the Arabian and Nubian plates. Over the next five years, a further 13 dyke intrusions caused continued extension, eruptions and seismicity. This activity led to a renewed international focus on the role of magmatism in rifting, with major international collaborative projects working in Afar and Ethiopia to study the ongoing activity and to place it in a broader context. This book brings together articles that explore the role of magmatism in rifting, from the initiation of continental break-up through to full seafloor spreading. We also explore the hazards related to rifting and the associated volcanism. This work has implications for our understanding of how continents break-up and the associated distribution of resources in rift basins and continental margins.
Evolution of Volcanic Rifted Margins
Author: Rebecca Morgan
Publisher:
Published: 2018
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKConjugate Divergent Margins
Author: Webster Mohriak
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 1862393494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe main focus of the book is the geological and geophysical interpretation of sedimentary basins along the South, Central and North Atlantic conjugate margins, but concepts derived from physical models, outcrop analogues and present-day margins are also discussed in some chapters. There is an encompassing description of several conjugate margins worldwide, based on recent geophysical and geological datasets. An overview of important aspects related to the geodynamic development and petroleum geology of Atlantic-type sedimentary basins is also included. Several chapters analyse genetic mechanisms and break-up processes associated with rift-phase structures and salt tectonics, providing a full description of conjugate margin basins based on deep seismic profiles and potential field methods.--
Evolution of Volcanic Rifted Margins
Author: Rebecca Leigh Morgan
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Afar Volcanic Province Within the East African Rift System
Author: G. Yirgu
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9781862391963
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe seismically and volcanically active East African Rift System is an ideal laboratory for continental break-up processes: it encompasses all stages of rift development. Its northernmost sectors within the Afar volcanic province include failed rifts, nascent sea-floor spreading, and youthful passive continental margins associated with one or more mantle plumes. A number of models have been proposed to explain the success and failure of continental rift zones, but there remains no consensus on how strain localizes to achieve rupture of initially 125-250 km-thick plates, or on the interaction between the plates and asthenospheric processes. This collection of papers provides new structural, stratigraphic, geochemical and geophysical data and numerical models needed to resolve fundamental questions concerning continental break-up and mantle plume processes. The focus is on how mantle melt intrudes and is distributed through the plate, and how this magma intrusion process controls along-axis segmentation and facilitates break-up.
Continental Rifted Margins 2
Author: Gwenn Peron-Pinvidic
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2022-06-28
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1789450624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRifted margins mark the transition between continents and oceans, which are the two first-order types of land masses on Earth. Rifted margins contribute to our understanding of lithospheric extensional processes and are studied by various disciplines of Earth Science (geology, geophysics, geochemistry). Thanks to better and wider public access to high-quality data, our understanding in these areas has improved significantly over these last two decades. This book summarizes this knowledge evolution and details where we stand today, with a series of case examples included. It is structured in a practical way, with concise text descriptions and comprehensive diagrams. Continental Rifted Margins 2 is a useful resource for students and newcomers to the rifted margin community – a "cookbook” of sorts to facilitate the reading of scientific publications and provide basic definitions and explanations.
Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea
Author: Najeeb M.A. Rasul
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-05
Total Pages: 803
ISBN-13: 3319994085
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book gathers invited contributions from active researchers to provide an up-to-date overview of the geological setting of the Red Sea. It discusses aspects ranging from historical information to modern research in the Red Sea, and presents findings from rapidly advancing, emerging fields. This semi-enclosed young ocean basin provides a unique opportunity to study the development of passive continental margins in order to examine the current status of that region. In addition to studies on the Sea itself, it includes those from related fields on the littoral zone. The book is of interest to geoscientists and non-specialists alike.
Rheology and Deformation of the Lithosphere at Continental Margins
Author: Garry D. Karner
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780231127394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraditionally, investigations of the rheology and deformation of the lithosphere (the rigid or mechanically strong outer layer of the Earth, which contains the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle) have taken place at one scale in the laboratory and at an entirely different scale in the field. Laboratory experiments are generally restricted to centimeter-sized samples and day- or year-length times, while geological processes occur over tens to hundreds of kilometers and millions of years. The application of laboratory results to geological systems necessitates extensive extrapolation in both temporal and spatial scales, as well as a detailed understanding of the dominant physical mechanisms. The development of an understanding of large-scale processes requires an integrated approach. This book explores the current cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in lithospheric rheology and provides a broad summary of the rheology and deformation of the continental lithosphere in both extensional and compressional settings. Individual chapters explore contemporary research resulting from laboratory, observational, and theoretical experiments.
