Approximately 70 percent of the world's population is concentrated in the coastal borderlands, which geologists recognize to be the present continental margins. This new book on these continental margins provides a detailed account of a meeting which brought together specialists in marine and terrestrial geology, geochemistry, and geophysics. The workshop garnered widespread support and enthusiasm for a new direction in margins research focused on interdisciplinary studies of the fundamental processes of continental margin ...
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Approximately 70 percent of the world's population is concentrated in the coastal borderlands, which geologists recognize to be the present continental margins. This new book on these continental margins provides a detailed account of a meeting which brought together specialists in marine and terrestrial geology, geochemistry, and geophysics. The workshop garnered widespread support and enthusiasm for a new direction in margins research focused on interdisciplinary studies of the fundamental processes of continental margin evolution. Scientific problems and solutions were identified for both divergent and convergent margins. Results of the workshop show that many of the fundamental plate interaction processes are common to all margins, whether formed by extension, contraction, or translation. This conclusion suggests a unified approach to margins research. A margins initiative has been proposed to follow up on the workshop results by developing science programs aimed at understanding the processes that control the initiation and evolution of continental margins. Table of Contents Front Matter Part I: Report of the Continental Margins Workshop Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Results of the Workshop 3 Components of a Margins Initiative Part II: Reports of the Working Groups 4 Passive Margins: Group 1 5 Passive Margins: Group 2 6 Passive Margins: Group 3 7 Active Margins: Group 1 8 Active Margins: Group 2 9 Active Margins: Group 3 10 Supplementary Note on Rock Mechanics Problems at Active Margins Part III: Background Papers Appendix: List of Participants
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4to, paperback. Near fine condition. Slightest rubbing to rear cover, contents bright & clean, binding tight. x, 285 p., illus. Sponsored by the Continental Margins Committee, Ocean Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.
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