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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection,written by specialists in the field, gathers state-of-the-art perspectives on the dynamics of plate tectonics and mantle convection…. [The] fascinating questions explored in this book, provid[e] perspectives from different vantage points and open the curtain to the endeavors and stories behind the science." --Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin
Table of Contents1. Introduction to Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection 2. The Physics and Origin of Plate Tectonics from Grain to Global Scales 3. Energetics of the Solid Earth: Implications for the Structure of Mantle Convection 4. Influence of Mantle Rheology on the Formation of Plate Tectonic Style of Mantle Convection 5. Tectonic Strain Rates, Diffuse Oceanic Plate Boundaries, and the Plate Tectonic Approximation 6. Tectonics is a Hologram 7. Internal Planetary Feedbacks, Mantle Dynamics, and Plate Tectonics 8. Tectono-convective Modes on Earth and other Terrestrial Bodies 9. The Past and the Future of Plate Tectonics and other Tectonic Regimes 10. How Mantle Convection Drives the Supercontinent Cycle: Mechanism, Driving Force, and Substantivity 11. Observations and Models of Dynamic Topography: Current Status and Future Directions 12. Feedbacks between Internal and External Dynamics 13. Co-Evolution of Life and Plate Tectonics: The Biogeodynamic Perspective on the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic Transitions 14. Subduction Zones: A Short Review 15.An Evolutionary Perspective on Subduction Initiation 16. Lithosphere-Mantle Interactions in Subduction Zones 17. Mantle Plumes and their Interactions 18. Evolution of Mantle Plumes and Lower Mantle Structure in Numerical Models using Tectonic Reconstructions as Boundary Conditions 19. Rifting Continents 20. Mid-Ocean Ridges: Geodynamics Written in the Seafloor 21. Roles of Serpentinization in Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of Earth’s Mantle 22. Numerical Modelling of Subduction 23. Literate, Reusable, Geodynamic Modelling 24. Perspectives On Planetary Tectonics
