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Surge Tectonics: A New Hypothesis of Global Geodynamics

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  1. Arthur A. Meyerhoff

    1. Tulsa, USA

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  2. Irfan Taner

    1. Tulsa, USA

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  3. A. E. L. Morris

    1. Los Angeles, USA

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  4. W. B. Agocs

    1. Allentown, USA

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  5. M. Kamen-Kaye

    1. Cambridge, USA

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  6. M. I. Bhat

    1. Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India

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  7. N. C. Smoot

    1. U.S. Naval Oceanoraphic Office, Stennis Space Center, USA

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  8. Dong R. Choi

    1. Higgins, Australia

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  1. Donna Meyerhoff Hull

    1. The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

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Part of the book series: Solid Earth Sciences Library (SESL, volume 9)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Why a New Hypothesis?

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 1-11

  3. Unraveling Earth History: Tectonic Data Sets

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 12-67

  4. Surge Tectonics

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 68-123

  5. Examples of Surge Channels

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 124-158

  6. The Tectonic Evolution of Southeast Asia—A Regional Application of the Surge-Tectonics Hypothesis

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 159-191

  7. Magma Floods, Flood Basalts, and Surge Tectonics

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 192-254

  8. Conclusions

    • Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat et al.
    Pages 255-257

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 258-325
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About this book

TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of physics and the postulates of geology. The same is true of geophysics, whose specialties (seismology, gravimetIy, magnetics, magnetotellurics) deal only with the laws that govern them, and not with those that govern geology's postulates. The branch of geology and geophysics called tectonophysics is not a formalized discipline or subdiscipline, and, therefore, has no formal laws or theorems of its own. Although many recent books claim to be textbooks in tectonophysics, they are not; they are books designed to explain one hypothesis, just as the present book is designed to explain one hypothesis. The textbook that comes closest to being a textbook of tectonophysics is Peter 1. Wyllie's (1971) book, The Dynamic Earth. Teachers, students, and practitioners of geology since the very beginning of earth­ science teaching have avoided the development of a rigorous (but not rigid) scientific approach to tectonics, largely because we earth scientists have not fully understood the origin of the features with which we are dealing. This fact is not at all surprising when one considers that the database for hypotheses and theories of tectonics, particularly before 1960, has been limited to a small part of the exposed land area on the Earth's surface.
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Keywords

  • dynamics
  • fluid mechanics
  • geodynamics
  • geology
  • geophysics
  • mechanics
  • structural geology
  • tectonics
  • economic geology
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Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • The University of Texas at Dallas, USA

    Donna Meyerhoff Hull

  • Tulsa, USA

    Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner

  • Los Angeles, USA

    A. E. L. Morris

  • Allentown, USA

    W. B. Agocs

  • Cambridge, USA

    M. Kamen-Kaye

  • Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun, India

    M. I. Bhat

  • U.S. Naval Oceanoraphic Office, Stennis Space Center, USA

    N. C. Smoot

  • Higgins, Australia

    Dong R. Choi

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surge Tectonics: A New Hypothesis of Global Geodynamics

  • Authors: Arthur A. Meyerhoff, Irfan Taner, A. E. L. Morris, W. B. Agocs, M. Kamen-Kaye, M. I. Bhat, N. C. Smoot, … Dong R. Choi

  • Editors: Donna Meyerhoff Hull

  • Series Title: Solid Earth Sciences Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1738-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4156-7Published: 31 August 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7278-6Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1738-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 326

  • Topics: Geophysics, Geology, Planetary Science, Classical Mechanics

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