Geokinematics

Prelude to Geodynamics

Rex H. Pilger

350 pages, parution le 31/07/2003

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Résumé

This multifaceted study explores new directions for plate tectonic research, especially as a guide for future geodynamic modelling of the earth. In particular, it equips readers with a plate-tectonic toolbox (with derivations and ANSI-C code) for applications and reconstruction analysis, including new continuous calculation methods. It shows how to apply these tools to Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic kinematics, with a focus on hotspot reference frames, and for empirical analysis of continental stress histories, including fractured hydrocarbon reservoirs.

Supported by solid arguments and data, the book integrates theoretical developments of expanded plate kinematic theory and an ensemble of critical observations into a grand model, with the new concept of mesoplates playing a key role. Written by an accomplished tectonics researcher and software developer, this graduate- and research-level monograph will interest academics as well as applied geoscientists, e.g. petroleum geologists.

Introduction
Proper Reference Frames: Hotspots, Paleomagnetism, Paleoclimate
Plate Kinematic and Reconstruction Fundamentals
Kinematic and Reconstruction Modeling with Continuously Varying Parameters
An Inverse Model
Hotspot Trace Patterns
Contemporary Stress Fields
Observed and Predicted Stress Orientations from Plate-Hotspot Motions
Paleomagnetic Reference Frame
Back Arc Spreading Centers
Hotspot Reference Frames: The "Necessity" of Mesoplates
Mesoplates and the Origin of Hotspots
Fracture Reservoirs and Intraplate Stresses
Conclusion

References
Appendices
Subject Index

L'auteur - Rex H. Pilger

Landmark Graphics Corporation, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Rex H. Pilger
Parution	31/07/2003
Nb. de pages	350
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	605g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540005483