Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones

	Author(s)	Joao C. Duarte
	Year	2019
	Pages	463
	Language	English
	Format	PDF
	Size	77 MB
	Publisher	Elsevier
	ISBN	9780128120644, 978-0128120644, 0128120649, B07HSTLSLS

Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones bridges the gap between the classic plate tectonic theory and new emerging ideas, offering an assessment of the state-of-the-art, pending questions, and future directions in the study of transform plate boundaries and fracture zones. The book includes a number of case studies and reviews on both oceanic and continental tectonic settings.

Transform Plate Boundaries and Fracture Zones is a timely reference for a variety of researchers, including geophysicists, seismologists, structural geologists and tectonicists, as well as specialists in exploration geophysics and natural hazards. This book can also be used as an up-to-date reference at universities in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

• Reviews ideas and concepts about transform plate boundaries and fracture zones
• Includes a variety of case studies on both oceanic and continental settings
• Addresses innovative and provocative ideas about the activity of fracture zones and transform faults and their impacts to the human society