Plates vs Plumes

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This book will be indispensable to Earth scientists from all specialties who are interested in the debate between the Plate and Plume hypotheses. It reviews the Plate and Plume hypotheses, including a clear statement of the former. Thereafter it follows an observational approach, drawing widely from many volcanic regions in chapters on vertical motions of Earth's crust, magma volumes, time-progressions of volcanism, seismic imaging, mantle temperature and geochemistry. It will be suitable as a reference work for those teaching relevant classes, and an ideal text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students studying plate tectonics and related topics.

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Gillian R. Foulger

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"Nevertheless I strongly recommend this book both for students and researchers. It is ideal for use in classroom discussion projects, or in "lunch time discussion" meetings. It is clearly written and well illustrated and includes hundreds of useful references as recent as 2010." (Bull Volcanol, 3 April 2012) "As such, it is a valuable work for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, but also for researchers from many specialties in geology, geophysics, geochemistry and geography." (Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1 April 2013) "It is highly recommended to all OUGS members, who could consider reading the first and last chapters, together with one or two of the main chapters, as a minimum." (Open University Geological Society Journal, 1 November 2011) "This is knee-deep geophysics, but too fascinating to put down. As the title says, there are conflicting views of how and why the earth recycles itself...very strong views. . . It goes to great lengths to explain the theories of continental drift through plate tectonics that took half a century to be accepted by mainstream geology." (Janet Tanaka, 2011) "This new textbook is ideal for a graduate-level seminar, a book club that doubles as a credit-granting course." (Andrew's Geology Blog, 18 November 2010)
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