Title:
Paradoxes in geology
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2001
ISBN:
9780444505606
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Summary
Summary
An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift Paradoxes in modern geology in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| 1 Ken Hsu and paradoxes of modern geologyShu Sun |
| 2 The editors' forewordsU. Briegel and Wen-Jiao Xiao |
| 3 The paradox of geosyncline hypothesis and orogenic analysisJi-Liang Li |
| 4 The early Mesozoic collapse of the late Paleozoic archipelago in South ChinaWen-Jiao Xiao |
| 5 Mesozoic tectonics of Fujian, Eastern ChinaZuyi Zhou |
| 6 Songpan-Garze Belt: forearc accretion or backarc collapsing?Guitang Pan |
| 7 Rotational collision and the Tan-Lu transform faultQingchen Wang |
| 8 The paradox of an ocean-dipping Benioff Zone-example from TaiwanChia-Yu Lu |
| 9 Thin-skinned plate tectonics: The re-invention of a crazy ideaP. Finckh |
| 10 Oil in holes-in-the-continent (Relict Oceanic Basins)S. Aplanov |
| 11 Structural rocks: Stratigraphic implicationsC. Sengouml;r |
| Mechanics of Overthrusting and Landsliding |
| 12 Rock mechanics and the paradox of overthrusting mechanicsU. Briegel |
| 13 The flow of giant landslidesC.R. Kilburn |
| Petrology |
| 14 Concepts that led to mechanisms of movement of mass and energy in earthF.W. Dickson |
| 15 Crystallisation histories of alkaline intrusions in West TexasM.F. Carman |
| 16 A paradox - The ultramafic rock belt as a metamorphosed tectonic melange in northern Dabie MountainsShutong Xu |
| 17 Nd isotopes vs. Ken Hsu's tectonic faciesXin-Hua Zhou |
| Paleogeography, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology |
| 18 The messinian salinity crisis in the MediterraneanM.-B. Cita |
| 19 A review of the catastrophic extinction at the end of Cretaceous and its scientific implicationsQixiang He |
| 20 The oldest biogenous pelagic sediments above Mesozoic oceanic basement: A reviewE.L. Winterer |
| 21 Unveiling secrets locked in Great Ghost Lake in TaiwanChen-Tung Chen |
| Applied and Basic Sciences |
| 22 At a turning point in petroleum geologyS.M. Luuml;thi |
| 23 Lithium resource of the salt lake brine exploited with Hsu's methodYanncheng Chen |
| 24 Preliminary report on experiments to monitor C-14 Beta-DecayK. Hsu, et al |
| Postscript |
| 25 The career of a frustrated conformistK. Hsu |
