Research Catalog

Title

Continental rifts : evolution, structure, tectonics / edited by K.H. Olsen.

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Olsen, Kenneth H. (Kenneth Harold), 1930-

Description

xxiii, 466 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm.

Series Statement

• Developments in geotectonics ; 25
• Publication no. 264 of the International Lithosphere Program

Uniform Title

• Publication (International Lithosphere Program) ; no. 264.
• Developments in geotectonics ; 25.

Subject

• Rifts (Geology)
• Continents
• Plate tectonics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• The CREST International Research Group -- Ch. 1. Introduction: Progress in Understanding Continental Rifts / K. H. Olsen and P. Morgan -- Ch. 2. Mechanisms of Rifting: Geodynamic Modeling of Continental Rift Systems / M. H. P. Bott -- Ch. 3A. Petrology, Geochemistry, Isotopes / R. F. Wendlandt, R. Altherr, E.-R. Neumann and W. S. Baldridge -- Ch. 3B. Seismic Techniques / L. W. Braile, G. R. Keller, S. Mueller and C. Prodehl -- Ch. 3C. Potential Field Methods / M. H. P. Bott and W. J. Hinze -- Ch. 3D. Heat Flow in Rifts / P. Morgan -- Ch. 3E. Practical Magnetotellurics in a Continental Rift Environment / G. R. Jiracek, V. Haak and K. H. Olsen -- Ch. 4. The European Cenozoic Rift System / C. Prodehl, St. Mueller and V. Haak -- Ch. 5. The East African Rift System / L. W. Braile, G. R. Keller, R. F. Wendlandt, P. Morgan and M. A. Khan -- Ch. 6. The Rio Grande Rift / W. S. Baldridge, G. R. Keller, V. Haak, E. Wendlandt, G. R. Jiracek and K. H. Olsen --
• Ch. 7. The Basin and Range Province / T. Parsons -- Ch. 8. The Baikal Rift Sysem / G. R. Keller, M. H. P. Bott, R. F. Wendlandt, D. I. Doser and P. Morgan -- Ch. 9. The Oslo Rift / E.-R. Neumann, K. H. Olsen and W. S. Baldridge -- Ch. 10. The Midcontinent Rift System, U.S.A.: A Major Proterozoic Continental Rift / D. J. Allen, L. W. Braile, W. J. Hinze and J. Mariano -- Ch. 11. Rifted Passive Margins / M. H. P. Bott -- Ch. 12. The Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen / G. R. Keller and W. S. Baldridge -- Ch. 13. West and Central African Rift System / G. R. Keller, R. F. Wendlandt and M. H. P. Bott -- Ch. 14. Continental Rifting: A Final Perspective / W. S. Baldridge, G. R. Keller and L. W. Braile.

ISBN

• 0444895663 (hardbound)
• 0444895671 (paperback)

OCLC

ocm33973851

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries