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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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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 students, who are currently in key positions at universities and in industry, are influencing in a similar open minded way the present day thinking. The wide scope this reasoning encompasses is demonstrated by the contributions to this book, delineating paradoxes and problems in the fields of tectonics, basic and applied geosciences, petrology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and paleogeography, kinematics and modelling. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (x, 467 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780080538365 0080538363 |
| Index Number: | QE1 |
| CLC: | P5 |
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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 plate tectonics: the re-invention of a crazy idea / Oil in 'holes-in-the-continent' (relict oceanic basins) / Structural rocks: stratigraphic implications / Rock mechanics and the paradox of overthrusting tectonics / Flow of giant rock landslides / Concepts that led to mechanisms of movement of mass and energy in earth / Crystallization histories of alkaline intrusions in West Texas: some paradoxes and answers / Paradox: the ultramafic rock belt (UMRB) as a metamorphosed tectonic me lange in northern Dabie Mountains, eastern central China / Nd isotopes vs. Ken Hsu 's tectonic facies: a case study of crust evolution in South China / Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean / Review of the catastrophic extinction at the end of the Cretaceous and its scientific implication / Oldest biogenous pelagic sediments above Mesozoic oceanic basement: a review / Unveiling secrets locked in Great Ghost Lake in Taiwan / At a turning point in petroleum geology / Exploitation of lithium in brines by Hsu 's method / Preliminary report on experiments to monitor C-14 beta-decay / Career of a frustrated conformist / |