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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.
Introduction / Shu Sun -- PART I. Tectonics -- Paradox of geosyncline hypothesis and orogenic analysis / Jiliang Li, Wenjiao Xiao -- Early mesozoic collapse of the Late Paleozoic archipelago in South China / Wenjiao Xiao [and others] -- Mesozoic tectonics of Fujian, Eastern China / Zuyi Zhou, Zongting Liao -- Songpan-Garze belt: fore-arc accretion or back-arc collapsing? / Pan Guitang, Xu Qiang, Jiang Xinsheng -- Rotational collision and the Tan-Lu transform fault / Wang Qingchen -- Paradox of an ocean-dipping Benioff zone: example from Taiwan / Chia-Yu Lu -- Thin-skinned plate tectonics: the re-invention of a crazy idea / Peter Finckh, Kenneth J. Hsü -- Oil in 'holes-in-the-continent' (relict oceanic basins) / Sergey Aplonov -- Structural rocks: stratigraphic implications / A.M.C. Şengör, Mehmet Sakinç -- PART II. Mechanics of overthrusting and landsliding -- Rock mechanics and the paradox of overthrusting tectonics / Ueli Briegel -- Flow of giant rock landslides / Christopher R.J. Kilburn -- PART III. Petrology -- Concepts that led to mechanisms of movement of mass and energy in earth / F.W. Dickson -- Crystallization histories of alkaline intrusions in West Texas: some paradoxes and answers / Max F. Carman, Jr., Stanley Indest -- Paradox: the ultramafic rock belt (UMRB) as a metamorphosed tectonic mélange in northern Dabie Mountains, eastern central China / Xu Shutong, Liu Yican, Wu Weiping -- Nd isotopes vs. Ken Hsü's tectonic facies: a case study of crust evolution in South China / Xin-Hua Zhou -- PART IV. Paleogeography, paleoceanography and paleoclimatology -- Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean / Maria Bianca Cita -- Review of the catastrophic extinction at the end of the Cretaceous and its scientific implication / He Qixiang -- Oldest biogenous pelagic sediments above Mesozoic oceanic basement: a review / Edward L. Winterer -- Unveiling secrets locked in Great Ghost Lake in Taiwan / Chen-Tung Arthur Chen -- PART V. Applied and basic sciences -- At a turning point in petroleum geology / Stefan M. Luthi -- Exploitation of lithium in brines by Hsü's method / Chen Yancheng, Kenneth J. Hsü -- Preliminary report on experiments to monitor C-14 beta-decay / Kenneth J. Hsü, Min-Pen Chen, Chao-Kai Huang -- PART VI. Postscript -- Career of a frustrated conformist / Kenneth J. Hsü.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
121018:128582 Elsevier Science & Technology