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Rifted Ocean-Continent Boundaries

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Editors:
  1. E. Banda

    1. Institute of Earth Sciences (J. Almera), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

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  2. M. Torné

    1. Institute of Earth Sciences (J. Almera), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

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  3. M. Talwani

    1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 463)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Volcanic Margin Concepts

    • Olav Eldholm, Jakob Skogseid, Sverre Planke, Tadeusz P. Gladczenko
    Pages 1-16

  3. Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Interactions Below Rifts

    • C. E. Keen, R. R. Boutilier
    Pages 17-30

  4. Finite Duration Rifting, Melting and Subsidence at Continental Margins

    • Jonathan W. Bown, Robert S. White
    Pages 31-54

  5. Stresses Associated with Continental Break-Up

    • M. H. P. Bott
    Pages 55-63

  6. Gravity Anomalies and the Thermal and Mechanical Structure of Rifted Continental Margins

    • A. B. Watts, C. Marr
    Pages 65-94

  7. Nature of Thin Crust Across the Southwest Greenland Margin and its Bearing on the Location of the Ocean-Continent Boundary

    • S. P. Srivastava, W. R. Roest
    Pages 95-120

  8. Anisotropy Measurements and the Deep Structure of a Passive Margin: Southwestern Greenland

    • R. Carbonell, M. A. Speece, W. P. Clement, S. B. Smithson
    Pages 121-146

  9. Rifted Continental Margin off Mid-Norway

    • Jakob Skogseid, Olav Eldholm
    Pages 147-153

  10. The Edge Experiment and the U.S. East Coast Magnetic Anomaly

    • Manik Talwani, John Ewing, Robert E. Sheridan, W. Steven Holbrook, Lynn Glover III
    Pages 155-181

  11. Structure of Atlantic Oceanic Crust Around Chron M16 from Deep Seismic Reflection Profiles

    • J. J. Dañobeitia, R. W. Hobbs, J. H. McBride, T. A. Minshull, J. Gallart
    Pages 183-196

  12. Constraints on Rifting Processes from Refraction and Deep-Tow Magnetic Data: The Example of the Galicia Continental Margin (West Iberia)

    • Jean-Claude Sibuet, Véronique Louvel, Robert B. Whitmarsh, Robert S. White, Susan J. Horsefield, Bertrand Sichler et al.
    Pages 197-217

  13. Nature, Structure and Evolution of the Ocean-Continent Boundary: The Lesson of the West Galicia Margin (Spain)

    • G. Boillot, M. O. Beslier, J. Girardeau
    Pages 219-229

  14. Detachment Faulting and Continental Breakup: The S Reflector Offshore Galicia

    • C. M. Krawczyk, T. J. Reston
    Pages 231-246

  15. Lithospheric Transition from Continental to Oceanic in the West Iberia Atlantic Margin

    • M. Torne, M. Fernandez, J. Carbonell, E. Banda
    Pages 247-263

  16. Continental-Oceanic Crustal Transition in the Bransfield Trough and the South Scotia Ridge (Antarctica); Preliminary Results

    • Ramon Vegas, Juan Acosta, Elazar Uchupi
    Pages 265-289

  17. Mapping the Moho in the Iberian Mediterranean Margin by Multicoverage Processing and Merging of Wide-Angle and Near-Vertical Reflection Data

    • N. Vidal, J. Gallart, J. J. Dañobeitia, J. Diaz
    Pages 291-308

  18. Structure of the Marmara Sea Basin in the North Anatolian Fault Zone

    • Mustafa Ergün, Erdeniz Özel, Coşkun Sari
    Pages 309-326

  19. The Cote D’Ivoire — Ghana Transform Margin: An Example of an Ocean-Continent Transform Boundary

    • J. Mascle, Christophe Basile, B. Pontoise, F. Sage
    Pages 327-339

  20. Backarc Evolution and Ophiolite Formation

    • Hajimu Kinoshita
    Pages 341-354
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About this book

Rifted Ocean-Continent Boundaries covers a wide range of topics, from quantitative modelling to current knowledge of the structure and evolution of specific margins around the world. Special emphasis is placed on the structure and evolution of various Atlantic margins.
After an introduction to volcanic margin concepts, the first articles report the results of numerical models of the mechanics of rift propagation, melt generation and sources of extensional stresses that may cause break-up. One part of the book is dedicated to current knowledge of the structure and evolution of various Atlantic margins. After a brief incursion into the Mediterranean, succeeding articles report on the transform and active margins of the Ivory Coast-Ghana transform margin and the Sea of Japan.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Earth Sciences (J. Almera), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

    E. Banda, M. Torné

  • Department of Geology and Geophysics, Rice University, Houston, USA

    M. Talwani

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rifted Ocean-Continent Boundaries

  • Editors: E. Banda, M. Torné, M. Talwani

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0043-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4024-2Published: 20 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0043-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 387

  • Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Oceanography, Structural Geology, Earth Sciences, general

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