Margins : a Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Processes Attending Lithospheric Extension and Convergence.

Margins : a Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Studies of the Processes Attending Lithospheric Extension and Convergence.

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Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Plate tectonics > Congresses.
Continental margins > Congresses.
Planets > Crust
Continental margins
Plate tectonics
Earth (Planet) > Crust > Congresses.
Earth (Planet)
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • ""Margins: A Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Studies of Processes Attending Lithospheric Extension and Convergence""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""PART I REPORT OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGINS WORKSHOP""; ""Executive Summary""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""Mechanics of Faulting""; ""Fluid Flow""; ""Growth and Modification of Continental Crust""; ""Depositional Systems at the Edge of the Continents""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF A SCIENCE PLAN""; ""Formation of a Margins Initiative Committee""; ""Organization of Workshops""; ""1 Introduction""; ""IMPETUS FOR THE WORKSHOP""
  • ""ORGANIZATION AND SUPPORT OF THE WORKSHOP""""Passive Margins""; ""Active Margins""; ""CHARGES TO THE WORKING GROUPS""; ""2 Results of the Workshop""; ""MARGIN PROCESSES: A NEW RATIONALE FOR RESEARCH INTO LITHOSPHERIC CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE""; ""Divergent Margins""; ""Convergent And Translational Margins""; ""Deformational Processes""; ""Magmatic Processes""; ""Fluid Flow""; ""Sedimentation Processes""; ""Mantle Dynamics""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH ON MARGIN PROCESSES: REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS""; ""Communication and Collaboration Among Scientists""; ""Databases""
  • ""Computational Facilities""""Scientific Drilling""; ""Seismic Facilities""; ""Chemical Analytical Facilities""; ""Theoretical and Computational Studies""; ""3 Components of A Margins Initiative""; ""A NEW APPROACH FOR MARGINS RESEARCH""; ""A MARGINS INITIATIVE COMMITTEE""; ""PLANNING WORKSHOPS""; ""DRAFTING A SCIENTIFIC PLAN""; ""PART II REPORTS OF THE WORKING GROUPS""; ""4 Passive Margins: Group 1 Mechanics of Rifting and Associated Magmatism ""; ""PREAMBLE""; ""Surface Geological Mapping in the Basin and Range Province""
  • ""Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling On Extended Continental Lithosphere and Laboratory Measurements of Lithospheric Materials""""Shallow Marine Reflection Profiling and Surface Geologic Studies of the East African Rift System""; ""Marine Geophysical Studies of the Deep Structure of Passive Margins in the Central and North Atlantic Oceans""; ""Theoretical Modeling of Subsidence and Thermal History In Sedimentary Basins and the Lithosphere a Continuum""; ""Isotope And Trace Element Analysis of Rift Volcanics and Xenoliths""; ""THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE""
  • ""NEEDED STUDIES""""Determine the Distribution of Three-Dimensional Strain in the Lithosphere""; ""Low-Angle Normal Faulting in the Crust""; ""The Interplay Between Extension and the Rheological Stratification of the Lithosphere""; ""Structural and Magmatic Segmentation of Rifts in the Context of the Mechanics of Rifting and Heterogeneities of the Lithosphe""; ""Determine the Causes of Compositional, Temporal, and Spatial Variations in Magmatism and Degassing""; ""Vertical and Lateral Magmatic Transport""; ""The Transition From Rift to Ridge Magmatism""

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