Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Oslo, Norway, July 27-August 5, 1977
Inhaltsverzeichnis
General Aspects of Rifting. - Evolution of Continental Rift Systems in the Light of Plate Tectonics. - Evolution of the Earth s Crust. - The Origin and Evolution of Rifts and Rift Valley Structures: A Mechanistic Interpretation. - Experimental Model Studies of Rift-Valley Systems (Abstract). - Rates of Sedimentation and Vertical Subsidence in Neorifts and Paleorifts. - Active Continental Rifts. - Deep Structure and Evolution of the Baikal Rift Zone. - Two Stages Rhinegraben Rifting. - The Rio Grande Rift and A Diapiric Mechanism for Continental Rifting. - Owens Valley A Major Rift between the Sierra Nevada Batholith and Basin and Range Province, USA. - Paleorifts. - Rift Systems in the Western United States. - The Late Precambrian Central North American Rift System A Survey of Recent Geological and Geophysical Investigations. - An Early Paleozoic Continental Rift System in Galicia (NW Spain). - The Midland Valley as a Rift, Seen in Connection with the Late Palaeozoic European Rift System. - Main Geologic Features of the Oslo Graben. - The Tectonic History of the Oslo Region. - The Oslo Region during the Early Palaeozoic. - Continental Margins. - The Margin South of Australia A Continental Margin Paleorift. - Passive Continental Margins and Intra-Cratonic Rifts, A Comparison. - Observations on the Margin off Norway (66 70°N) and the History of Early Cenozoic Rifting. - Pelagic Sedimentation in Immature Ocean Basins. - North Sea Rift and Basin Development. - Geophysical Studies. - A Comparison of Magnetic Anomalies in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. - Palaeomagnetism in the Oslo Rift Zone. - Seismic Mapping of the Fennoscandian Lithosphere and Asthenosphere with Special Reference to the Oslo Graben Region. - The Ideal-Body Concept in Interpretation of the Oslo Rift Gravity Data andtheir Correlation with Seismic Observations. - Comparative Studies. - Comparison of the East African Rift System and the Permian Oslo Rift. - A Comparison between the Older (Karroo) Rifts and the Younger (Cenozoic) Rifts of Eastern Africa (Abstract). - Main Features of Evolution and Magmatism of Continental Rift Zones in the Cenozoic. - The St. Lawrence Paleo-Rift System: A Comparative Study. - Some Problems of Rifting Development in the Earth s History. - Rift Valleys on Earth, Mars and Venus. - Paleorifts Concluding Remarks.
