Composition, Deep Structure and Evolution of Continents (Developments in Geotectonics)
Contributors: R.D. van der Hilst (Editor); W.F. McDonough (Editor)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: October 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780444503091
Subjects: Historical geology; Structure & properties of the Earth; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Geophysics; Physics; Science / Geophysics; Earth Sciences - General; Paleontology; Congresses; Continents; Crust; Earth; Geology, Structural
First sentence: Mechanisms controlling the origin and stabilization of cratons have become the topic of vigorous research over the past 2 decades (Jordan, 1978, 1988; Bickle, 1986; Vlaar, 1986; Helmstaedt and Schulze, 1989; Abbott, 1991).