Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History

by Kent C. Condie

Book Overview

Mantle Plumes and Their Record in Earth History provides a timely and comprehensive review of the origin and history of mantle plumes throughout geologic time. The book describes the new and exciting results of the last few years, and integrates an immense amount of material from the fields of geology, geophysics, and geochemistry that bear on mantle plumes. Included are chapters on hotspots and mantle upwelling, large igneous provinces (including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521014727
• ISBN13: 9780521014724
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"