Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy - Image 1

£59.69

Wiley-Blackwell Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy

Name: Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy
Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
Price: 59.69 GBP
Availability: InStock

Higher Education

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£60 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 28 days · 28 data points (no recent data)

Historical

Generating forecast…

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 28 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £60 (28 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £60 - £60

Price levels: 1 different prices over 28 days

Description

Since the advent of the mantle plume hypothesis in 1971, scientists have been faced with the problem that its predictions are not confirmed by observation. For thirty years, the usual reaction has been to adapt the hypothesis in numerous ways. As a result, the multitude of current plume variants now amounts to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. In the early 21st century demand became relentless for a theory that can explain melting anomalies in a way that fits the observations naturally and is forward-predictive. From this the Plate hypothesis emerged–the exact inverse of the Plume hypothesis. The Plate hypothesis attributes melting anomalies to shallow effects directly related to plate tectonics. It rejects the hypothesis that surface volcanism is driven by convection in the deep mantle. Earth Science is currently in the midst of the kind of paradigm-challenging debate that occurs only rarely in any field. This volume comprises its first handbook. It reviews the Plate and Plume hypotheses, including a clear statement of the former. Thereafter it follows an observational approach, drawing widely from many volcanic regions in chapters on vertical motions of Earth's crust, magma volumes, time-progressions of volcanism, seismic imaging, mantle temperature and geochemistry. This text: Deals with a paradigm shift in Earth Science - some say the most important since plate tectonics Is analogous to Wegener's The Origin of Continents and Oceans Is written to be accessible to scientists and students from all specialities This book is indispensable to Earth scientists from all specialties who are interested in this new subject. It is suitable as a reference work for those teaching relevant classes, and an ideal text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying plate tectonics and related topics. Visit Gillian's own website at http://www.mantleplumes.org

Product Specifications

Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: paperback
ASIN: 1405161485
Category: Books > Subjects > Science, Nature & Maths > Earth Sciences > Education > Higher Education
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 24 September 2010
Listed Since: 11 June 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Wiley-Blackwell Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Earth Materials

Earth History and Palaeogeography

Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific (Latitude 20 Book)

Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones

Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection

The Geology of Switzerland – an Introduction To Tectonic Facies

Tsunamiites: Features and Implications

Petrology and Plate Tectonics: An Earth Systems Approach

Plate Tectonics: A Comprehensive Introduction

Deep Interior of the Earth (Topics in the Earth Sciences; 6)

Salt in the Earth Sciences: Basin Analysis and Salt Tectonics: 2 (Geophysical Monograph Series)

Complexity in Tsunamis, Volcanoes, and their Hazards: A Volume in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science

Springer Tectonic Evolution of the Moroccan High Atlas Book

MasteringGeology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Foundations of Earth Science

Deformation-enhanced Fluid Transport in the Earth's Crust and Mantle: 8 (The Mineralogical Society Series, 8)

The Rocky Mountain Region: An Evolving Lithosphere: Tectonics, Geochemistry, and Geophysics: 154 (Geophysical Monograph Series)

Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin: 8 (Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, 8)

Ophiolites: Ancient Oceanic Lithosphere?: 12 (Minerals, Rocks and Mountains, 12)

Surveys in Physics of the Earth

Bloomsbury Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions - STEM Book

Evolution on Planet Earth: Impact of the Physical Environment

Impact of Natural Hazards on Oil and Gas Extraction: The South Caspian Basin

The Highlands Controversy (Paper): Constructing Geological Knowledge through Fieldwork in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

The Magnetotelluric Method: Theory and Practice