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Physical processes in the growth of the continental crustMajor mechanisms of crustal addition are volcanism and plutonism at plate boundaries and within plate interiors. One approach to deciding if island arc magmatism dominated ancient crustal growth is to assess the rate at which the process has operated in the recent past. The localized addition rates were found to be comparable to present day global rates. One physical observable that was used to constrain models of crustal growth is sea level. A simple physical model was developed to explore the consequences of constant freeboard (the height of the continents above sea level). Global geoid and sea floor topography data were used to identify and study oceanic plateaus and swells that have either continental crustal roots or anomalously thick ocean crusts.
Document ID
19880020856
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Schubert, G.
(California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 5, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Workshop on the Growth of Continental Crust
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
88N30240
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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