Overview
- Describes methods for estimating the uplift history of a region due to plume activity
- Presents methods that can be applied irrespective of the cause of hotspot activity
- Outlines the ongoing debate on the plume hypothesis
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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About this book
This book presents a brief synopsis of the current academic understanding of the plume hypothesis, its surface manifestations and its shortcomings. It also describes methods for estimating the uplift history of a region due to plume activity. It discusses different models for the elastic properties of the lithosphere and their estimation as a background for plume emplacement, and introduces the plume hypothesis, describing the major plume types and their effect on the lithosphere. Two chapters are dedicated to the dynamic and permanent topography produced by an impinging plume head below the lithosphere and its estimation. It also presents the historical background of the plume hypothesis, its criticisms and alternatives.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mantle Plumes and Their Effects
Authors: Mainak Choudhuri, Michal Nemčok
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44239-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44238-9Published: 30 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44239-6Published: 22 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2191-589X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5903
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 137
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Structural Geology, Sedimentology, Geophysics/Geodesy