Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins
Title | Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins PDF eBook |
Author | Joel S. Watkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN |
Continental Margins
Title | Continental Margins PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council (U.S.). Ad Hoc Panel to Investigate the Geological and Geophysical Research Needs and Problems of Continental Margins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins Investigations of Continental Margins
Title | Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins Investigations of Continental Margins PDF eBook |
Author | Joel S. Watkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 472 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Continental margins |
ISBN |
Marine Geological and Geophysical Investigations of the Antarctic Continental Margin, 1984
Title | Marine Geological and Geophysical Investigations of the Antarctic Continental Margin, 1984 PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Eittreim |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Boring |
ISBN |
Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins
Title | Geological and Geophysical Investigations of Continental Margins PDF eBook |
Author | J.S. Watkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Studies in Continental Margin Geology
Title | Studies in Continental Margin Geology PDF eBook |
Author | Joel S. Watkins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 844 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Margins
Title | Margins PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1990-02-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309041880 |
Approximately 70 percent of the world's population is concentrated in the coastal borderlands, which geologists recognize to be the present continental margins. This new book on these continental margins provides a detailed account of a meeting which brought together specialists in marine and terrestrial geology, geochemistry, and geophysics. The workshop garnered widespread support and enthusiasm for a new direction in margins research focused on interdisciplinary studies of the fundamental processes of continental margin evolution. Scientific problems and solutions were identified for both divergent and convergent margins. Results of the workshop show that many of the fundamental plate interaction processes are common to all margins, whether formed by extension, contraction, or translation. This conclusion suggests a unified approach to margins research. A margins initiative has been proposed to follow up on the workshop results by developing science programs aimed at understanding the processes that control the initiation and evolution of continental margins.