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This quantity honours the profession of Brian F. Windley, who has been highly influential in assisting to accomplish our present figuring out of the evolution of the continental crust, and who has encouraged many scholars and scientists to pursue reports at the evolution of the continents. Brian has studied approaches of continental formation and evolution on such a lot continents and of every age, and has trained and encouraged generations of geologists to adopt careers in experiences of continental evolution. the amount is equipped into six sections, together with: oceanic and island arc platforms and continental progress; tectonics of accretionary orogens and continental development; development and stabilization of continental crust; collisions and intraplate tactics; Precambrian tectonics and the delivery of continents; and energetic tectonics and geomorphology of continental collision and development zones.
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