Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What is the lithosphere?
- 2 Age of the lithosphere
- 3 Seismic structure of the lithosphere
- 4 Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data
- 5 Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data
- 6 CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data
- 7 Electrical structure of the lithosphere
- 8 Flexure and rheology
- 9 Evolution of the lithosphere
- 10 Summary of lithospheric properties
- References
- Subject index
- Geographical index
Foreword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2011
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What is the lithosphere?
- 2 Age of the lithosphere
- 3 Seismic structure of the lithosphere
- 4 Thermal regime of the lithosphere from heat flow data
- 5 Thermal state of the lithosphere from non-thermal data
- 6 CBL and lithospheric density from petrologic and geophysical data
- 7 Electrical structure of the lithosphere
- 8 Flexure and rheology
- 9 Evolution of the lithosphere
- 10 Summary of lithospheric properties
- References
- Subject index
- Geographical index
Summary
Foreword
The lithosphere is one of the most fundamental elements in solid Earth science in general, and in plate tectonics, in particular. As a result, solid Earth scientists from different backgrounds have studied the Earth’s lithosphere intensively. In doing so, most studies have focused on particular areas and/or on the use of particular methodologies. Plate-tectonics, with its early breakthroughs in understanding first order patterns in sea-floor spreading controlling ocean floor bathymetry, age distribution, and horizontal motions, by its nature, has set the stage for a quantitative framework for the oceanic lithosphere.
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- The LithosphereAn Interdisciplinary Approach, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011