Mantle Plumes and their Record in Earth History (Paperback)

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History provides a timely and comprehensive review of the origin and history of mantle plumes throughout geologic time. The book describes the new and exciting results of the last few years, and integrates an immense amount of material from the fields of geology, geophysics, and geochemistry that bear on mantle plumes. Included are chapters on hotspots and mantle upwelling, large igneous provinces (including examples from Mars and Venus), mantle plume generation and melting in plumes, plumes as tracers of mantle processes, plumes and continental growth, Archean mantle plumes, superplumes, mantle plume events in Earth history, and their effect on the atmosphere, oceans, and life.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Kent C. Condie
Dimensions:	255 x 179 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	326
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-01472-4
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics
LSN:	0-521-01472-7
Barcode:	9780521014724

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