Continental rifts:evolution, structure, tectonics

K.H. Olsen (Eds.)9780444895660, 0444895663, 0444895671

This multi-author book has been prepared by an international group of geoscientists that have been active in rift research since the late 1960s. In 1984, an informal, grass-roots study group was initiated to compare individual research results and to explore in greater depth the apparent differences and similarities in the interpretations from various rift systems. The group became known as the CREST working group, an acronym of Continental Rifts: Evolution, Structure and Tectonics, which not surprisingly became the title of this book.Continental Rifts: Evolution, Structure, Tectonics presents an overview of the present state of understanding and knowledge of the processes of continental rifting from a multidisciplinary, lithospheric scale perspective. The chapters have been structured on each rift system in approximately the same synoptic sequence, so as to facilitate comparisons of rifts by the reader. The book complements its predecessors by presenting a more unified picture. It succeeds in presenting the status of a representative majority of the continental rift systems that have been at the forefront of recent research. For students and experienced researchers alike, this book will be of significant value in assessing the current state of knowledge and in serving as a framework for future research

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Table of contents :
Content:
Preface
Pages v-vii
Kenneth H. Olsen

The CREST international research group
Pages ix-x

List of collaborating authors
Page xi

List of peer reviewers
Pages xiii-xiv

Chapter 1 Introduction: Progress in understanding continental rifts Original Research Article
Pages 3-26
K.H. Olsen, P. Morgan

Chapter 2 Mechanisms of rifting: Geodynamic modeling of continental rift systems Original Research Article
Pages 27-43
Bott M.H.P.

Chapter 3A Petrology, geochemistry, isotopes Original Research Article
Pages 47-60
R.F. Wendlandt, R. Altherr, E.-R. Neumann, W.S. Baldridge

Chapter 3B Seismic techniques Original Research Article
Pages 61-92
L.W. Braile, G.R. Keller, S. Mueller, C. Prodehl

Chapter 3C Potential field methods Original Research Article
Pages 93-98
M.H.P. Bott, W.J. Hinze

Chapter 3D Heat flow in rifts Original Research Article
Pages 99-101
P. Morgan

Chapter 3e Practical magnetotellurics in a continental rift environment Original Research Article
Pages 103-129
G.R. Jiracek, V. Haak, K.H. Olsen

Chapter 4 The european cenozoic rift system Original Research Article
Pages 133-212
C. Prodehl, St. Mueller, V. Haak

Chapter 5 The east african rift system Original Research Article
Pages 213-231,I-III
L.W. Braile, G.R. Keller, R.F. Wendlandt, P. Morgan, M.A. Khan

Chapter 6 The Rio Grande Rift Original Research Article
Pages 233-275,IV-XIII
W.S. Baldridge, G.R. Keller, V. Haak, E. Wendlandt, G.R. Jiracek, K.H. Olsen

Chapter 7 The basin and range province Original Research Article
Pages 277-324,XIV-XV
T. Parsons

Chapter 8 The baikal rift system Original Research Article
Pages 325-341
G.R. Keller, M.H.P Bott, R.F. Wendlandt, D.I. Doser, P. Morgan

Chapter 9 The oslo rift Original Research Article
Pages 345-373
E.-R. Neumann, K.H. Olsen, W.S. Baldridge

Chapter 10 The midcontinent rift system, u.s.a.: A major proterozoic continental rift Original Research Article
Pages 375-407,XVI-XIX
D.J. Allen, L.W. Braile, W.J. Hinze, J. Mariano

Chapter 11 Rifted passive margins Original Research Article
Pages 409-426
M.H.P. Bott

Chapter 12 The southern oklahoma aulacogen Original Research Article
Pages 427-436
G.R. Keller, W.S. Baldridge

Chapter 13 West and central african rift system Original Research Article
Pages 437-449
G.R. Keller, R.F. Wendlandt, M.H.P. Bott

Chapter 14 Continental rifting: A final perspective Original Research Article
Pages 453-459
W.S. Baldridge, G.R. Keller, L.W. Braile

Subject Index
Pages 461-466