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An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift "<IT>Paradoxes in Modern Geology</IT>" in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paradox, as defined in a dictionary, is a statement contrary to accepted opinion. That a...
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2001. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780444505606 |
| Summary: |
An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift "<IT>Paradoxes in Modern Geology</IT>" in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paradox, as defined in a dictionary, is a statement contrary to accepted opinion. That a broad discussion of paradoxes is fruitful for the advancement of science in general, and geosciences in particular, has been amply demonstrated by Professor Hsu throughout his distinguished career. Not only has he propelled the geoscience community forward with his controversial statements, a number of his former stude |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 467 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780080538365 0080538363 |
| Index Number: | QE1 |
| CLC: | P5 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / Paradox of geosyncline hypothesis and orogenic analysis / Early mesozoic collapse of the Late Paleozoic archipelago in South China / Mesozoic tectonics of Fujian, Eastern China / Songpan-Garze belt: fore-arc accretion or back-arc collapsing? / Rotational collision and the Tan-Lu transform fault / Paradox of an ocean-dipping Benioff zone: example from Taiwan / Thin-skinned plat |