Tectonic Processes

Author : Valerio Acocella
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030659682
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcano-Tectonic Processes written by Valerio Acocella and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanoes have terrified and, at the same time, fascinated civilizations for thousands of years. Many aspects of volcanoes, most notably the eruptive processes and the compositional variations of magma, have been widely investigated for several decades and today constitute the core of any volcanology textbook. Nevertheless, in the last two decades, boosted by the availability of volcano monitoring data, there has been an increasing interest in the pre-eruptive processes related to the shallow accumulation and to the transfer of magma approaching the surface, as well as in the resulting structure of volcanoes. These are innovative and essential aspects of modern volcanology and, as driving volcanic unrest, their understanding also improves hazard assessment and eruption forecasting. So far, the significant progress made in unravelling these volcano-tectonic processes has not been supported by a comprehensive overview. This monograph aims at filling this gap, describing the pre-eruptive processes related to the structure, deformation and tectonics of volcanoes, at the local and regional scale, in any tectonic setting. The monograph is organized into three sections (“Fundamentals”, “Magma migration towards the surface” and “The regional perspective”), consisting of thirteen chapters that are lavishly illustrated. The reader is accompanied in a journey within the volcano factory, discovering the processes associated with the shallow accumulation of magma and its transfer towards the surface, how these control the structure of volcanoes and their activity and, ultimately, improve our ability to estimate hazard and forecast eruption. The potential readership includes any academic, researcher and upper undergraduate student interested in volcanology, magma intrusions, structural geology, tectonics, geodesy, as well as geology and geophysics in general.

Author : Darrell Weyman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000046613
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tectonic Processes written by Darrell Weyman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1981, provides an excellent introductory analysis to plate tectonic theory. It covers plate tectonics, continental drift, mountain building, ocean trenches, earthquakes and volcanoes.

Author : Cameron Dunn
Publisher : Philip Allan
ISBN 13 : 1471863174
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edexcel AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards; Landscape systems, processes and change written by Cameron Dunn and published by Philip Allan. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best. Written by a teacher with extensive examining experience, this guide: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level - Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions - Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions - Develops independent learning and research skills - Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes

Author : Roy Livermore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198717865
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tectonic Plates are Moving! written by Roy Livermore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-technical manner; showing not only how it accounts for phenomena such as great earthquakes, tsunami, and volcanic eruptions, but also how it controls conditions of the Earth's surface, including global geography and climate. ... Beginning with the publication of a short article in Nature by Vine and Matthews, the book traces the development of plate tectonics during two generations of the theory. First-generation plate tectonics covers the exciting scientific revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, its heroes and villains. The second generation includes the rapid expansion in sonar, and seismic satellite technologies during the 1980s and 1990s that provided a truly global view of the plates and their motions, and an appreciation of the role of the plates in the Earth's 'system.' The final chapters bring us to the cutting edge of the science: describing the latest results friom studies using technologies such as seismic tomography and high-pressure physics to probe the deep interior."--Back cover.

Author : Xuhua Shi
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889769828
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continental Basin and Orogenic Processes: Tectonic Deformation and Associated Landscape and Environmental Evolution written by Xuhua Shi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hanlin Chen
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832503969
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Continental Basin and Orogenic Processes: Deep Structure, Tectonic Deformation, and Dynamics written by Hanlin Chen and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-04 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Daniel Dzurisin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540493026
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Volcano Deformation written by Daniel Dzurisin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-11-24 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volcanoes and eruptions are dramatic surface man telemetry and processing, and volcano-deformation ifestations of dynamic processes within the Earth, source models over the past three decades. There has mostly but not exclusively localized along the been a virtual explosion of volcano-geodesy studies boundaries of Earth's relentlessly shifting tectonic and in the modeling and interpretation of ground plates. Anyone who has witnessed volcanic activity deformation data. Nonetheless, other than selective, has to be impressed by the variety and complexity of brief summaries in journal articles and general visible eruptive phenomena. Equally complex, works on volcano-monitoring and hazards mitiga however, if not even more so, are the geophysical, tion (e. g. , UNESCO, 1972; Agnew, 1986; Scarpa geochemical, and hydrothermal processes that occur and Tilling, 1996), a modern, comprehensive treat underground - commonly undetectable by the ment of volcano geodesy and its applications was human senses - before, during, and after eruptions. non-existent, until now. Experience at volcanoes worldwide has shown that, In the mid-1990s, when Daniel Dzurisin (DZ to at volcanoes with adequate instrumental monitor friends and colleagues) was serving as the Scientist ing, nearly all eruptions are preceded and accom in-Charge of the USGS Cascades Volcano Observa panied by measurable changes in the physical and tory (CVO), I first learned of his dream to write a (or) chemical state of the volcanic system. While book on volcano geodesy.

Author : Geoffrey F. Davies
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030913597
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories from the Deep Earth written by Geoffrey F. Davies and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plate tectonics can drift continents and push up mountains, but what drives the plates? This is an insider’s account of how we answered questions posed over two centuries ago, and completed geology’s quest for a driving mechanism. Forging through confusing evidence, apparent contradictions and raging debates we arrived at not one but two mechanisms: sinking plates and rising plumes.

Author : Roy Livermore
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191027693
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tectonic Plates are Moving! written by Roy Livermore and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plate tectonics is a revolutionary theory on a par with modern genetics. Yet, apart from the frequent use of clichés such as 'tectonic shift' by economists, journalists, and politicians, the science itself is rarely mentioned and poorly understood. This book explains modern plate tectonics in a non-technical manner, showing not only how it accounts for phenomena such as great earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, but also how it controls conditions at the Earth's surface, including global geography and climate. The book presents the advances that have been made since the establishment of plate tectonics in the 1960s, highlighting, on the 50th anniversary of the theory, the contributions of a small number of scientists who have never been widely recognized for their discoveries. Beginning with the publication of a short article in Nature by Vine and Matthews, the book traces the development of plate tectonics through two generations of the theory. First generation plate tectonics covers the exciting scientific revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, its heroes and its villains. The second generation includes the rapid expansions in sonar, satellite, and seismic technologies during the 1980s and 1990s that provided a truly global view of the plates and their motions, and an appreciation of the role of the plates within the Earth 'system'. The final chapter bring us to the cutting edge of the science, and the latest results from studies using technologies such as seismic tomography and high-pressure mineral physics to probe the deep interior. Ultimately, the book leads to the startling conclusion that, without plate tectonics, the Earth would be as lifeless as Venus.

Author : Zhong-Hai Li
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832502989
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subduction and Collision Dynamics of Tectonic Plates written by Zhong-Hai Li and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: