In the footsteps of Warren B. Hamilton : new ideas in earth science / edited by Gillian R. Foulger, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University Durham, UK and Institute of Marine Geodynamics, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, China, Lawrence C. Hamilton, Department of Sociology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA, Donna M. Jurdy, Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, Carol A. Stein, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Keith A. Howard, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California, USA, Seth Stein, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, USA.
WARREN B. HAMILTON'S APPROACH TO SCIENCE : On the last paper of Warren B. Hamilton / Lawrence C. Hamilton -- From crisis to normal science, and back again: Coming full "Kuhn cycle" in the career of Warren B. Hamilton / Thomas Rossetter -- Rittmann's heritage: A philosophical approach for current research / Daniele Musumeci, Arnaldo Angelo De Benedetti, Stefano Branca, Luigi Ingaliso -- TECTONICS : Icelandia / Gillian R. Foulger, Laurent Gernigon, Laurent Geoffroy -- Revisiting hotspots and continental breakup--Updating the classical three-arm model / Carol A. Stein, Seth Stein, Molly M. Gallahue, Reece P. Elling -- Linear magnetic anomalies and the limits of oceanic crust in oceans / Laurent Geoffroy, Laurent Gernigon, Gillian R. Foulger -- The African continental divide: Indian versus Atlantic Ocean spreading during Gondwana dispersal / Alexander L. Peace, Jordan J.J. Phethean -- Volcano distribution and tectonics: A planetoidic perspective / Edgardo Cañón-Tapia -- Cenozoic magmatism and plate tectonics in western North America: Have we got it wrong? / Allen F. Glazner -- Large-magnitude oceanic intraplate seismicity: Implications for lithosphere evolution / Junjiang Zhu, Sanzhong Li, Huilin Xing, Changsheng Wang, Guoming Yang, Zixiang Xiong, Shengsheng Zhang, Xianzhi Cao -- Teleseismic tomography: Equation one is wrong / B.R. Julian, G.R. Foulger -- Tectonic hydrogen and tectonic oxygen production through deforming piezoelectric minerals in the presence of water / Huifang Xu, Kuang-Sheng Hong, Meiye Wu, Seungyeol Lee -- Plate convergence, consumption, collision, coupling, capture, and formation of mantle waves--Linkages to global orogenesis and epeirogeny / Thomas H. Anderson -- Detrital zircon record of the Mesoproterozoic Belt basin and implications for horizontal and vertical tectonic models / Stuart D. Parker, Marc S. Hendrix -- Earthquake weather and climate change: Should we stress about the forecast? / Miles P. Wilson, Gillian R. Foulger, Christopher Saville, Samuel P. Graham, Bruce R. Julian -- Dependence of discharge, channel area, and flow velocity on river stage and a refutation of Manning's equation / Robert E. Criss -- PLANETARY : Challenging the dipolar paradigm for Proterozoic Earth / James W. Sears -- Links of planetary energetics to moon size, orbit, and planet spin: A new mechanism for plate tectonics / Anne M. Hofmeister, Robert E. Criss, Everett M. Criss -- How spin down and radioactive decay drive rocky planet evolution / Robert E. Criss, Anne M. Hofmeister -- New mechanism for forming thick granitic continental crust at Phanerozoic convergent margins / C.C. Lundstrom, X. Lin, K. Brueckel, C. Campe, X. Nan, K. Ortega, P. Akrie, M. Yu, S. Marshak -- Gravity field aspects for identification of cosmic impact structures on Earth / Jaroslav Klokočník, Aleš Bezděk, Jan Kostelecký -- Role of Earth-Moon rotational dynamics in the shaping of the surface of our planet / Marcus P. Borom -- Terrestrial ejecta suborbital transport and the rotating frame transform / Thomas H.S. Harris -- Postulating an unconventional location for the missing mid-Pleistocene transition impact: Repaving North America with a cavitated regolith blanket while dispatching Australasian tektites and giving Michigan a thumb / Michael E. Davias, Thomas H.S. Harris -- Parent crater for Australasian tektites beneath the sands of the Alashan Desert, Northwest China: Best candidate ever? / Jiří Mizera, Zdeněk Řanda, Václav Suchý, Vladimír Strunga, Jaroslav Klokočník, Jan Kostelecký, Aleš Bezděk, Zdeněk Moravec -- Geochemical indicators of a biogenic component in source materials of moldavites / Jiří Mizera, Zdeněk Řanda -- Layered sediments on Mars deposited by impacts instead of by liquid water / Donald M. Burt -- MAGMATISM : Igneous activity in central-southern Italy: Is the subduction paradigm still valid? / Michele Lustrino, Claudio Chiarabba, Eugenio Carminati -- B" not D" as the source of intraplate volcanism / Alan D. Smith -- Dense melt residues drive mid-ocean-ridge "hotspots" / Jordan J.J. Phethean, Martha Papadopoulou, Alexander L. Peace -- Does the British Isles Paleocene dike swarm reflect the former location of the Iceland hotspot? / Ian W.D. Dalziel, Lawrence A. Lawver -- A peralkaline solution, hydrofracturing model for quartzofeldspathic veins and pegmatites / R.P. Wintsch, P. Resor -- Forearc magmatism along southwest Japan is caused by rupturing of the subducting slab / Hidehisa Mashima.
Summary:
"This unusual book, published to honor Warren Bell Hamilton, comprises a diverse, cross-disciplinary collection of bold new ideas in Earth and planetary science. This volume is a rich resource for researchers at all levels looking for interesting, unusual, and off-beat ideas to investigate or set as student projects"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.