Editors:
- Covers most recent developments in subduction zone dynamics
Part of the book series: Frontiers in Earth Sciences (FRONTIERS)
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Table of contents (13 papers)
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Front Matter
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Subduction Zone Geodynamics
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Great Subduction Zone Earthquakes
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Seismogenic Zone Characterization
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Continental and Ridge Subduction Processes
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Back Matter
About this book
Subduction is a major process that plays a first-order role in the dynamics of the Earth. The sinking of cold lithosphere into the mantle is thought by many authors to be the most important source of energy for plates driving forces. It also deeply modifies the thermal and chemical structure of the mantle, producing arc volcanism and is responsible for the release of most of the seismic energy on Earth. There has been considerable achievements done during the past decades regarding the complex interactions between the various processes acting in subduction zones. This volume contains a collection of contributions that were presented in June 2007 in Montpellier (France) during a conference that gave a state of the art panorama and discussed the perspectives about "Subduction Zone Geodynamics". The papers included in this special volume offer a unique multidisciplinary picture of the recent research on subduction zones geodynamics. They are organized into five main topics:
Subduction zone geodynamics, Seismic tomography and anisotropy, Great subduction zone earthquakes, Seismogenic zone characterization, Continental and ridge subduction processes.
Each of the 13 papers collected in the present volume is primarily concerned with one of these topics. However, it is important to highlight that papers always treat more than one topic so that all are related lighting on different aspects of the complex and fascinating subduction zones geodynamics.
Editors and Affiliations
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Laboratoire Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS/INSU, Montpellier cedex 5, France
Serge Lallemand
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Dipartimento Scienze Geologiche, Università degli Studi «Roma TRE», Roma, Italy
Francesca Funiciello
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Subduction Zone Geodynamics
Editors: Serge Lallemand, Francesca Funiciello
Series Title: Frontiers in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87974-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-87971-8Published: 20 February 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09973-1Published: 28 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-87974-9Published: 11 February 2009
Series ISSN: 1863-4621
Series E-ISSN: 1863-463X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 275
Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Structural Geology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Mineral Resources, Energy Policy, Economics and Management