Lithospheric Discontinuities

About this book

Understanding the origin and evolution of the continental crust continues to challenge Earth scientists. Lithospheric Discontinuities offers a multidisciplinary review of fine scale layering within the continental lithosphere to aid the interpretation of geologic layers. Once Earth scientists can accurately decipher the history, internal dynamics, and evolution of the continental lithosphere, we will have a clearer understanding of how the crust formed, how plate tectonics began, and how our continents became habitable.

Volume highlights:
- Theories and observations of the current state of tectonic boundaries and discontinuities
- Contributions on field observations, laboratory experiments, and geodynamic predictions from leading experts in the field
- Mantle fabrics in response to various mantle deformation processes
- Insights on fluid distribution using geophysical observations, and thermal and viscosity constraints from dynamic modeling
- Discontinuities associated with lithosphere and lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary
- An integrated study of the evolving physical and chemical processes associated with lithosphere asthenosphere interaction

Written for academic and researchgeoscientists, particularly in the field of tectonophysics, geophysicists, geodynamics, seismology, structural geology, environmental geology, and geoengineering, Lithospheric Discontinuities is a valuable resource that sheds light on the origin and evolution of plate interaction processes.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction – lithospheric discontinuities
      Huaiyu Yuan and Barbara Romanowicz
Chapter 2: On the origin of the upper mantle seismic discontinuities
      Shun-ichiro Karato and Jeffrey Park
Chapter 3: The Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere: An Electromagnetic Perspective,
      Rob L. Evans, Emily Sarafian, and Adam R. Sarafian
Chapter 4: Lithospheric and asthenospheric structure below oceans from anisotropic tomography
      Jean-Paul Montagner and Gael Burgos
Chapter 5: Seismic Imaging of the Ocean Plates
      Catherine A. Rychert, Nick Harmon, and Saikiran Tharimena
Chapter 6: Electrical discontinuities in the continental lithosphere imaged with magnetotellurics
      Kate Selway
Chapter 7: A lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary - a global model derived from multi-mode surface wave tomography
      Keith Priestley, Dan McKenzie, and Tak Ho
Chapter 8: Frayed edges of cratonic mantle keels: Thermal diffusion timescales and their predicted imprint on mantle-velocity structure
      David W. Eaton, Xuewei Bao and Claire Perry
Chapter 9: Perspectives of the S-receiver function method to image upper mantle discontinuities
      Rainer Kind and Xiaohui Yuan
Chapter 10: Continental lithospheric layering from the novel seismic daylight imaging beneath stable, modified and destructed cratons
      Weijia Sun, Brian Kennett, Liang Zhao, and Li-Yun Fu
Chapter 11: Cratonic Lithosphere Discontinuities: Dynamics of Small-Volume Melting, Meta-Cratonisation and a Possible Role for Brines
      Sonja Aulbach

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