Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection
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Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection, written by specialists in the field, gathers state-of-the-art perspectives on the dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle convection. Plate tectonics is a unifying theory of solid Earth sciences. In its initial form, it was a kinematic theory that described how the planet’s surface is fragmented into several rigid lithospheric plates that move in relation to each other over the less viscous asthenosphere. Plate tectonics soon evolved to describe the forces that drive and resist plate movements. The Earth sciences community is now developing a new perspective that looks at plate tectonics and mantle convection as part of a single system. Why does our planet have plate tectonics, and how does it work? How does mantle convection drive the supercontinent cycle? How have tectono-convective modes evolved over the Earth’s history? How did they shape the planet and impact life? Do other planets have mantle convection and tectonics? These are some of the fascinating questions explored in this book. This book started with a challenge from the editor to the authors to provide perspectives from their vantage point and open the curtain to the endeavors and stories behind the science.

Table of Contents:
1. Introduction to Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection 2. The Physics and Origin of Plate Tectonics from Grain to Global Scales 3. Energetics of the Solid Earth: Implications for the Structure of Mantle Convection 4. Influence of Mantle Rheology on the Formation of Plate Tectonic Style of Mantle Convection 5. Tectonic Strain Rates, Diffuse Oceanic Plate Boundaries, and the Plate Tectonic Approximation 6. Tectonics is a Hologram 7. Internal Planetary Feedbacks, Mantle Dynamics, and Plate Tectonics 8. Tectono-convective Modes on Earth and other Terrestrial Bodies 9. The Past and the Future of Plate Tectonics and other Tectonic Regimes 10. How Mantle Convection Drives the Supercontinent Cycle: Mechanism, Driving Force, and Substantivity 11. Observations and Models of Dynamic Topography: Current Status and Future Directions 12. Feedbacks between Internal and External Dynamics 13. Co-Evolution of Life and Plate Tectonics: The Biogeodynamic Perspective on the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic Transitions 14. Subduction Zones: A Short Review 15.An Evolutionary Perspective on Subduction Initiation 16. Lithosphere-Mantle Interactions in Subduction Zones 17. Mantle Plumes and their Interactions 18. Evolution of Mantle Plumes and Lower Mantle Structure in Numerical Models using Tectonic Reconstructions as Boundary Conditions 19. Rifting Continents 20. Mid-Ocean Ridges: Geodynamics Written in the Seafloor 21. Roles of Serpentinization in Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of Earth’s Mantle 22. Numerical Modelling of Subduction 23. Literate, Reusable, Geodynamic Modelling 24. Perspectives On Planetary Tectonics

About the Author :
João C. Duarte works in tectonics, geodynamics, and marine geology. He is an auxiliar professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and a researcher at IDL, where he coordinates the research group on Continental Margins and the Deep Ocean Frontier. João has published more than 40 papers and has several edited works, including two Elsevier books entitled Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones and A Journey Through Tides, an Elsevier special volume in the Journal of Geodynamics on the “200 years of geodynamic modelling”, and an AGU monograph entitled Plate Boundaries and Natural Hazards. He was awarded the Dis_x0002_covery Early Career Researcher Award from the Australian Research Council in 2015. In 2017, he was awarded the Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists of the European Geosciences Union. He is a member of the editorial board of Communications Earth & Environment and a Fellow of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences. João is passionate about science communication, and he regu_x0002_larly collaborates with science magazines and the media.

Review :
"Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection,written by specialists in the field, gathers state-of-the-art perspectives on the dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle convection…. [The] fascinating questions explored in this book, provid[e] perspectives from different vantage points and open the curtain to the endeavors and stories behind the science." --Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780323857338
  • Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
  • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 608
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0323857337
  • Publisher Date: 24 Feb 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Weight: 1270 gr


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