GEOL / by Wicander, Reed, 1946-, Monroe, James S. (James Stewart), 1938-

“…Understanding Earth -- Plate tectonics -- Minerals -- Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity -- Volcanoes and volcanism -- Weathering, soil, and sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphism and metamorphic rocks -- Earthquakes and Earth's interior -- The seafloor -- Deformation, mountain building, and the continents -- Mass wasting -- Running water -- Groundwater -- Glaciers and glaciation -- The work of wind and deserts -- Shorelines and shoreline processes -- Geologic time -- Earth history -- Life history…”

Early Cambrian high pressure/low temperature metamorphism in the southeastern Tarim craton in response to circum-Gondwana cold subduction by Qian Liu, Toshiaki Tsunogae, Guochun Zhao, Sam Uthup, Kazuki Takahashi, Jinlong Yao, Yu Wu, Yigui Han, Kei Ikehata

“…The circum-Gondwana subduction initiated by the early Cambrian has been suggested to reflect the establishment of the modern plate tectonics. The metamorphic rocks with low thermobaric (T/P) ratios indicative of cold subduction in the present tectonic regime have not been well investigated. …”
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exploring earth science / by Reynolds, Stephen J., author 551011, Johnson, Julia K., contributor 641845, Rohli, Robert V., contributor 577930, Waylen, Peter R., contributor 641846, Francek, Mark A., contributor 641847, Morin, Paul J., contributor 641848, Shaw, Cynthia C., illustrator 641849

“…CHAPTER 1: THE NATURE OF EARTH SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 2: MINERALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES -- CHAPTER 3:EARTH MATERIALS -- CHAPTER 4: EARTH HISTORY -- CHAPTER 5:PLATE TECTONICS -- CHAPTER 6:VOLCANISM AND OTHER IGNEOUS PROCESSES -- CHAPTER 7:DEFORMATION AND EARTHQUAKES -- CHAPTER 8:MOUNTAINS, BASINS, AND CONTINENTAL MARGINS -- CHAPTER 9: SCULPTING LANDSCAPES ....248 CHAPTER 10: SOIL AND UNSTABLE SLOPES -- CHAPTER 11: GLACIERS, SHORELINES, AND CHANGING SEA LEVELS -- CHAPTER 12: STREAMS, LAKES, AND GROUNDWATER -- CHAPTER 13: ENERGY AND MATTER IN THE ATMOSPHERE -- CHAPTER 14: ATMOSPHERIC MOTION -- CHAPTER 15: ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE -- CHAPTER 16: WEATHER AND STORMS -- CHAPTER 17: OCEANS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER EARTH SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 18: CLIMATES AROUND THE WORLD -- CHAPTER 19: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 20: OUR UNIVERSE.…”

Breaking boundaries in subduction science

“…Subduction is the primary driver of plate tectonics, yet we still do not fully understand how subduction zones initiate or the budgets of life-supporting elements recycled via subduction. …”
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Strange attractors, spiritual interlopers and lonely wanderers: The search for pre-Pangean supercontinents by Joseph G. Meert

“…One possibility is that modern-style plate tectonics did not begin until the late Neoproterozoic and horizontal motions were restricted and a vertical style of ‘lid tectonics’ dominated. …”
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The boring billion? – Lid tectonics, continental growth and environmental change associated with the Columbia supercontinent by Nick M.W. Roberts

“…Although Columbia provides evidence for a form of ‘lid tectonics’, modern style plate tectonics occurred on its periphery in the form of accretionary orogens. …”
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Introduction to seamount special section. by Watts, A

“…The topic for the symposium arose from the realization that although there is now a wealth of new ideas on the geology, geophysics, and geochemistry of the ocean floor, the study of seamounts has been relatively neglected despite their great importance to plate tectonics. -from Author…”

The Earth After Us : What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? / by Zalasiewicz, Jan author 515538, Freedman, Kim 515540

“…As thought-provoking as it is engaging, this book simultaneously explains the geological mechanisms that shape our planet, from fossilization to plate tectonics, illuminates the various ingenious ways in which geologists and paleontologist work, and offers a final perspective on humanity and its actions that may prove to be more objective than any other.…”

Whole-mantle convection with tectonic plates preserves long-term global patterns of upper mantle geochemistry by T. L. Barry, J. H. Davies, M. Wolstencroft, I. L. Millar, Z. Zhao, P. Jian, I. Safonova, M. Price

“…Abstract The evolution of the planetary interior during plate tectonics is controlled by slow convection within the mantle. …”
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Early evolution of Earth and beginning of its geological history: how and when granitoid magmas appeared by Mikhail I. Kuzmin, V. V. Yarmolyuk, A. B. Kotov

“…At the end of the Archaean aeon (3.1–3.0 Ga), lid tectonics, which determined the structure and development of the Archaean crust, was replaced by small-plate tectonics that later evolved into modern plate tectonics combined with mantle plume tectonics.…”
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Alpine-style nappes thrust over ancient North China continental margin demonstrate large Archean horizontal plate motions by Yating Zhong, Timothy Kusky, Lu Wang, Ali Polat, Xuanyu Liu, Yaying Peng, Zhikang Luan, Chuanhai Wang, Junpeng Wang, Hao Deng

“…How far back in time plate tectonics operated on Earth is debated because of a paucity of geological evidence for horizontal plate motions. …”
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Geology for dummies / by Spooner, Alecia M.

Differentiating induced versus spontaneous subduction initiation using thermomechanical models and metamorphic soles by Xin Zhou, Ikuko Wada

“…The mechanism of subduction initiation is a key to modern plate tectonics. Here, using numerical modeling and geological observations, the authors find that the majority of active and paleo subduction zones with metamorphic soles likely formed during induced subduction initiation that involved a young overriding plate.…”
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From the scala naturae to the symbiogenetic and dynamic tree of life by Kutschera Ulrich

“…The resulting theory of plate tectonics is now the principal organizing concept of geology. …”
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Ocean-continent subduction cannot be initiated without preceding intra-oceanic subduction! by Alexander Koptev, Sierd Cloetingh, Taras Gerya, Pietro Sternai, Svetlana Botsyun

“…The formation of new subduction zones is a key element of plate tectonics and the Wilson cycle, and many different controlling mechanisms have been proposed to initiate subduction. …”
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Crustal remelting origin of highly silicic magmatism on the Moon by Bin Su, Yi Chen, Zongyu Yue, Lin Chen, Ross N. Mitchell, Ming Tang, Wei Yang, Guangyu Huang, Jinghui Guo, Xian-Hua Li, Fu-Yuan Wu

“…Abstract Orbital observations of non-mare, highly silicic volcanic constructs on the Moon challenge the conventional view of the formation of silicic crusts in the presence of water and plate tectonics—the former the Moon has in very short supply and the latter it likely never ever had. …”
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Structural and Marine Geology / by Rock, Rosana, author 639575, Irwin, Mitch, author 640272

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Oxygen isotope (δ18O, Δ′17O) insights into continental mantle evolution since the Archean by Ilya N. Bindeman, Dmitri A. Ionov, Peter M. E. Tollan, Alexander V. Golovin

“…The 18 O/16 O ratio of the subcontinental mantle has decreased by 0.2‰, while crustal values increased by 4‰ via fluid transfer since the Archean due to the initiation of plate tectonics and subduction, in line with the crust-upper mantle mass balance…”
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Earthquakes : science and society / by Brumbaugh, David S.

“…Earthquake Process -- Ch. 6. Plate Tectonics -- Ch. 7. Journey to the Center of Earth -- Ch. 8. …”

Handbook of Volcanoes & Volcanology / by Nunn, Freddy, author 640241, Douglass, Melissia, author 650794

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