Paradoxes in Geology 1st Edition by Ueli Briegel, Wenjiao Xiao 9780444505606 0444505601

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ISBN 10: 0444505601

ISBN 13: 9780444505606

Author: Ueli Briegel, Wenjiao Xiao

An interesting volume presenting the papers collected for the Festschrift “Paradoxes in Modern Geology” in honor of Professor Ken Jinghwa Hsu on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Paradox, as defined in a dictionary, is a statement contrary to accepted opinion. That a broad discussion of paradoxes is fruitful for the advancement of science in general, and geosciences in particular, has been amply demonstrated by Professor Hsu throughout his distinguished career. Not only has he propelled the geoscience community forward with his controversial statements, a number of his former students, who are currently in key positions at universities and in industry, are influencing in a similar open minded way the present day thinking. The wide scope this reasoning encompasses is demonstrated by the contributions to this book, delineating paradoxes and problems in the fields of tectonics, basic and applied geosciences, petrology, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology and paleogeography, kinematics and modelling.

Table of contents:

Part I: Tectonics

Chapter 1. The paradox of geosyncline hypothesis and orogenic analysis

Chapter 2. Early Mesozoic collapse of the Late Paleozoic archipelago in South China

Chapter 3. Mesozoic tectonics of Fujian, Eastern China

Chapter 4. Songpan–Garze belt: fore-arc accretion or back-arc collapsing?

Chapter 5. Rotational collision and the Tan–Lu transform fault

Chapter 6. The paradox of an ocean-dipping Benioff zone: example from Taiwan

Chapter 7. Thin-skinned plate tectonics: the re-invention of a crazy idea

Chapter 8. Oil in ‘holes-in-the-continent’ (relict oceanic basins)

Chapter 9. Structural rocks: stratigraphic implications

Part II: Mechanics of Overthrusting and Landsliding

Chapter 10. Rock mechanics and the paradox of overthrusting tectonics .

Chapter 11. The flow of giant rock landslides

Part III: Petrology

Chapter 12. Concepts that led to mechanisms of movement of mass and energy in earth

Chapter 13. Crystallization histories of alkaline intrusions in West Texas: some paradoxes and answe

Chapter 14. A paradox: the ultramafic rock belt (UMRB) as a metamorphosed tectonic mélange in north

Chapter 15. Nd isotopes vs. Ken Hsü’s tectonic facies: a case study of crust evolution in South Chi

Part IV: Paleogeography, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Chapter 16. The Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean

Chapter 17. A review of the catastrophic extinction at the end of the Cretaceous and its scientific

Chapter 18. The oldest biogenous pelagic sediments above Mesozoic oceanic basement: a review

Chapter 19. Unveiling secrets locked in Great Ghost Lake in Taiwan

Part V: Applied and Basic Sciences

Chapter 20. At a turning point in petroleum geology

Chapter 21. Exploitation of lithium in brines by Hsü’s method

Chapter 22. Preliminary report on experiments to monitor C-14 beta-decay

Part VI: Postscript

Chapter 23. The career of a frustrated conformist

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