|  | Foulger, Gillian R.
Plates vs Plumes
A Geological Controversy
 1. Edition September 2010
122.- Euro
2010. 364 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-4443-3679-5 - John Wiley & Sons
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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.
From the contents
1. From plate tectonics to plumes, and back again.
1.1 Volcanoes, and exceptional volcanoe.
1.2 Early beginnings: Continental drift and its rejection.
1.3 Emergence of the Plume hypothesis.
1.4 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
1.5 Lists of plumes.
1.6 Testing plume predictions.
1.7 A quick tour of Hawaii and Iceland.
1.8 Moving on: Holism and alternatives.
1.9 The Plate hypothesis.
1.10 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
1.11 Testing the Plate hypothesis.
1.12 Revisiting Hawaii and Iceland.
1.13 Questions and problems.
1.14 Exercises for the student.
2. Vertical motions.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
2.3 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
2.4 Comparison of the predictions of the Plume and Plate hypotheses.
2.5 Observations.
2.6 Plume variants.
2.7 Discussion.
2.8 Exercises for the student.
3. Volcanism.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
3.3 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
3.4 Comparison of the predictions of the Plume and Plate hypotheses.
3.5 Observations.
3.6 Plume variants.
3.7 Discussion.
3.8 Exercises for the student.
4. Time progressions and relative fixity of melting anomalies.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Methods.
4.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
4.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
4.5 Observations.
4.6 Hotspot reference frames.
4.7 Plume variants.
4.8 Discussion.
4.9 Exercises for the student.
5. Seismology.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Seismological techniques.
5.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
5.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
5.5 Observations.
5.6 Global observations.
5.7 Plume variants.
5.8 Discussion.
5.9 Exercises for the student.
6. Temperature and heat.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Methods.
6.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
6.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
6.5 Observations.
6.6 Variants of the Plume hypothesis.
6.7 Discussion.
6.8 Exercises for the student.
7. Petrology and geochemistry.
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Some basics.
7.3 Predictions of the Plume hypothesis.
7.4 Predictions of the Plate hypothesis.
7.5 Proposed deep-mantle- and core-mantle-boundary tracers.
7.6 A few highlights from melting anomalies.
7.7 Plume variants.
7.8 Discussion.
7.9 Exercises for the student.
8. Synthesis.
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 Mantle convection.
8.3 An unfalsifiable hypothesis.
8.4 Diversity: a smoking gun.
8.5 The need for joined-up science.
8.6 The future.
8.7 Exercises for the student.
References.
Index.
Colour plate section (starting after page 180).
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