Overview
- A treatment of unstable triple junction configurations in terms of their subsequent, non-rigid evolution and as regions of diffuse, inhomogeneous deformation
- A treatment of western Caribbean tectonics in terms of quantitative kinematic principles
- The first quantitative treatment of the new Pirate model of Caribbean tectonics as a whole, i.e., for both the northwest and southwest Caribbean Plate corner regions
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences (BRIEFSEARTH)
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Modern researchers in plate tectonics may be concerned with the analysis of distributed deformation across diffuse plate boundaries and triple junction zones. This book extends classic methods of kinematic analysis first developed in the 1960s to the more general scenarios of diffuse deformation zones between plates. The analytic methods presented specifically target the non-rigid deformation implied by unstable triple junction configurations. These methods are then applied to the tectonic evolution of western Caribbean region which provides new ways to test and challenge the established Pacific model of Caribbean tectonics. Possible advantages of the new Pirate model of Caribbean tectonics are discussed in terms of paleo-geography and paleo-ocean connections, as well as mineral and hydrocarbon potential and seismic risks across the region.
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Book Title: The Analysis of Diffuse Triple Junction Zones in Plate Tectonics and the Pirate Model of Western Caribbean Tectonics
Authors: D. Fraser Keppie
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9616-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9615-1Published: 18 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9616-8Published: 17 February 2014
Series ISSN: 2191-5369
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5377
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 75
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Structural Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geomorphology, Earth Sciences, general, Geology, Oceanography