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Papers presented to the Conference on Plateau Uplift, Mode and Mechanism : a Lunar and Planetary Institute topical conference Flagstaff, Arizona 14 - 16 1978
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-28T17:33:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-06-28T17:33:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1978 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11753/1277 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Papers concerning plateau uplift are presented. The areas considered include: Colorado, Mexico, Europe, India, Utah, and South America. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | co-sponsored by the International Committee on Geodynamics, Working Group 7 | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Division Branch of Astrogeologic Studies ; compiled by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | PARTIAL CONTENTS: Relative uplifts of large continental areas / G.C. Bond--Quantitative factors in the formation of the Parana Lava Plateau, South America / L. Bowen--Intra-plate dynamic problems with regard to crustal structure / P.J. Burek--Amount, timing and characteristics of Cenozoic uplift along the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau: A case of tectonic heredity / K. Burke--Geophysical characteristics of the Colorado Plateau and its transition to the basin and range province in Utah / D.S. Chapman, K.P. Furlong, R.B. Smith, and D.J. Wechsler--Thermal origin of the plateaus surrounding midplate, hot-spot volcanoes / S.T. Crough--Lithospheric and crustal evolution of central Mexico / J.U. Fucugauchi--Petrologic constraints for upper mantle models of the Colorado Plateau / H. Helmstaedt and D.J. Schulze--Quaternary uplift of the Rhenish shield in central Europe / J.H. Illies--Plateau uplift in peninsular India / L.N. Kailasam--Regional variations of the lower continental crust: Inferences from magmas and xenoliths / R. Kay and S.M. Kay--Regional crustal structure of the Colorado Plateau / G.R. Keller, L.W. Braile, and P. Morgan. | |
| dc.format.extent | vii, 60, [F19], x pages | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Lunar and Planetary Institute | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | LPI contribution ; no. 329 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | NASA contractor report ; 157468 | |
| dc.subject | Plateaus--Congresses | en |
| dc.subject | Geology--Colorado Plateau--Congresses | en |
| dc.subject | Geology, Stratigraphic--Cenozoic--Congresses | en |
| dc.title | Papers presented to the Conference on Plateau Uplift, Mode and Mechanism : a Lunar and Planetary Institute topical conference Flagstaff, Arizona 14 - 16 1978 | en |
| dc.type | Book | en |
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