Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1983
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983sciam.249..130b&link_type=abstract
Scientific American (ISSN 0036-8733), vol. 249, Sept. 1983, p. 130-134, 136-142.
Mathematics
Logic
5
Continents, Earth Crust, Geochronology, Geology, Terradynamics, Crustal Fractures, Earth Mantle, Orography, Planetary Evolution, Plates (Tectonics), Volcanology
Scientific paper
The formation and evolution of the continental crust is examined. The orogenic belts of the earth are shown and the theory of plate tectonics is reviewed. The geological evolution that takes place at divergent, transform, and convergent boundaries of plates is described in detail, including the creation of new oceanic and continental crust, the collisions of island arcs with continents and of continents with continents, the growth of mountains, and volcanic events. Examples are cited of large continental features arising by such processes. Problems in interpreting the Archean belts in terms of plate boundary systems and proposed solutions are summarized.
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