Isostasy and Flexure of the LithosphereCambridge University Press, 2001/10/04 - 458 ページ This unique book presents an overview of isostasy, a phenomenon of fundamental importance to the earth sciences. Isostasy is a simple concept, yet it has long perplexed students. To overcome this problem, the author uses a simplified mathematical treatment, numerous geological examples and an extensive bibliography. The book begins by tracing the ideas behind local and regional models of isostasy, arguing that only flexure is in accord with geological observations. It then proceeds to describe the theoretical background, the observational evidence and the constraints that flexure has provided on physical properties of the lithosphere. The book concludes with a discussion of flexure's role in understanding the evolution of the surface features of the Earth and its neighboring planets. |
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IV | 1 |
VI | 2 |
VII | 9 |
VIII | 12 |
IX | 14 |
X | 15 |
XI | 17 |
XII | 22 |
XLVI | 162 |
XLVII | 174 |
XLVIII | 176 |
L | 177 |
LI | 180 |
LII | 192 |
LIII | 193 |
LIV | 195 |
XIII | 23 |
XIV | 33 |
XV | 34 |
XVI | 39 |
XVIII | 42 |
XIX | 44 |
XX | 47 |
XXI | 48 |
XXIII | 49 |
XXIV | 52 |
XXV | 58 |
XXVI | 62 |
XXVII | 64 |
XXVIII | 69 |
XXIX | 75 |
XXX | 83 |
XXXI | 85 |
XXXII | 87 |
XXXV | 90 |
XXXVI | 91 |
XXXVII | 96 |
XXXVIII | 108 |
XXXIX | 109 |
XL | 112 |
XLII | 113 |
XLIII | 114 |
XLIV | 125 |
XLV | 150 |
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admittance Airy model anomaly and topography asthenosphere backstripping bathymetry beam bending beneath Bouguer anomaly Bowie buried loading calculated Calmant coherence continental continents crust and mantle crustal thickness deep-sea trenches deflection deformation density Depth km e.g. Fig Earth elastic thickness erosion estimate example explain fault flexed flexural rigidity flexure model foreland basins free-air gravity anomaly geological gravity anomaly gravity effect Gunn Hawaii ice sheet infill isostasy isostatic anomalies Karner layer lithosphere load age margin McNutt mGal mid-ocean ridge models of isostasy Moho observed oceanic crust oceanic islands oceanic lithosphere onlap orogenic belts parameter plate tectonics Pratt predicted regions Reproduced from Fig rift valley rise Sandwell sea-floor sea-level sediment seismic shows strain rate stratigraphic strength stress subsidence suggest surface loading tectonic thermal transform faults underlying values Vening Meinesz Venus viscoelastic viscoelastic plate viscosity Watts wavelengths wavenumber