Implications of continental drift to the earth sciences. NATO Advanced Study Institute, April 1972, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Edited by D.H. Tarling and S.K. Runcorn
v. 1. Drift of the Canadian Shield / J.A. Donaldson [and others] -- Geological interpretation of palaeomagnetic results from the African Precambrian / J.D.A. Piper -- Precambrian polar wander and continental drift of Africa and North America : some comments / A. Brock -- Palaeomagnetic evidence for a proto-Atlantic Ocean / E.A. Hailwood and D.H. Tarling -- On the arrangement of the landmasses and the configuration of the geomagnetic field during the Phanerozoic / K.M. Creer -- Palaeomagnetic results from Eurasia / M.W. McElhinny -- Palaeomagnetic data from the southernmost Andes and the Antarctandes / I.W.D. Dalziel [and others] -- The India-Pakistan subcontinent and the Gondwana reconstructions based on palaeomagnetic results / H. Wensink -- Inferences from recent Indian palaeomagnetic results about the northern margin of the Indian plate and the tectonic evolution of the Himalayas / R.N. Athavale -- Late Palaeozoic and Triassic palaeomagnetism and the opening of the North Atlantic / E.R. Deutsch and G.S. Murthy -- Palaeomagnetism in the Mediterranean area / J.D.A. Zijderveld and R. Van Der Voo -- Sea-floor spreading and the origin of the Arctic Ocean basin / Ned A. Ostenso -- The evolution of the Atlantic north of the Faeroe Islands / M.H.P. Bott -- The evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean / J.R. Heirtzler -- Plate tectonic model of the opening of the Atlantic Ocean south of the Azores / Jean Francheteau -- The structure and evolution of the Indian Ocean / A.S. Laughton, J.G. Sclater and D.P. McKenzie -- Studies of sea-floor spreading and plate movements in the Pacific Basin / Tanya Atwater -- Analysis of past faunal distributions / C.P. Hughes -- Kurten's theory of ordinal variety and the number of the continents / A.J. Charig -- Evolutionary pulsations : evidence from Phanerozic diversity patterns / Karl W. Flessa and John Imbrie -- Provinciality, diversity and extinction of Mesozoic marine invertebrates in relation to plate movements / A. Hallam -- Sweepstakes, filters, corridors, Noah's arks, and beached Viking funeral ships and palaeogeography / Malcolm C. McKenna -- Contemporary biotas and the separation sequence of the southern continents / Allen Keast -- Vertebrates and continental connections : an introduction / Alfred Sherwood Romer -- Devonian fish / T.S. Westoll -- Geographical variation in the tetrapod faunas of the Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian / A.R. Milner and A.L. Panchen -- The distribution of Triassic terrestrial tetrapod families / C.B. Cox -- Vertebrate evolution and biogeography in the Old World tropics : implications of continental drift and palaeoclimatology / Joel Cracraft -- Continental drift and the distributions of fossil reptiles / Edwin H. Colbert -- The enigmatic Glossopteris flora and uniformitarianism / Edna P. Plumstead -- Growth rings in fossil woods as evidence of past climates / William G. Chaloner and G.T. Creber -- Continental drift and plant distribution / R. Melville -- The primary cause of ice-ages / Martin Schwarzbach -- Palaeoclimatology and continental drift / Pamela Lamplugh Robinson -- The early climatic history of the earth and the implications of 'plate tectonics' in the context of organic evolution / H. Termier and G. Termier -- Have there been major changes in the earth's axis of rotation through time? / F. Ahmad -- Glaciation and plate migration / Rhodes W. Fairbridge -- Causes and consequences of drift in the South Atlantic / R.G. Douglas, M. Moullade and A.E.M. Nairn -- Palaeogene continental positions and evolution of climate / Lawrence A. Frakes and Elizabeth M. Kemp -- Sea-floor spreading and continental ore deposits / J.B. Wright and Patricia McCurry -- Some aspects of the relations between continental drift and metallogenic provinces / W.E. Petrascheck -- Metallogeny possibly related to continental break-up in southwest Scandinavia / F.M. Vokes -- Base-metal mineralization in Ireland and Scotland and the formation of Rockall Trough / M.J. Russell -- The implications of continental drift for the petroleum prospects of West Greenland / G. Henderson -- Coal, climate and global tectonics / James M. Schopf
v. 2. The geology of constructive plate margins / J.D.A. Piper -- History and mode of crustal evolution in the Icelandic sector of the mid-Atlantic ridge / J.D.A. Piper -- Limited lithosphere separation as a main cause of continental basins, continental growth and epeirogeny / M.F. Osmaston -- Shelf subsidence in relation to the evolution of young continental margins / M.H.P. Bott -- Crustal thinning on Atlantic continental margins : evidence from older margins / N.H. Sleep -- Early events in the opening of the North Atlantic / P.R. Vogt -- Non-collision tectogenesis in western North America / P.J. Coney -- Vertical movements and horizontal translation of the lithosphere / H. Faure -- Uplift, rifting and the break-up of Africa / K. Burke and A.J. Whiteman -- The East African rift system / B.W. Darracott [and others] -- Crustal deformation rate and the evolution of the Ethiopian rift / P.A. Mohr -- Structures of the Afar floor (Ethiopia) / R. Black -- The Red Sea depression : causes and consequences / I.G. Gass -- Response of deep-sea sediments to changes in physical oceanography resulting from separation of Australia and Antarctica / N.D. Watkins and J.P. Kennett -- The argument for a southern Uratlantic / A.E.M. Nairn -- Cretaceous history of the South Atlantic Ocean / R.A. Reyment -- Structural deduction of the initial age of the Atlantic rift systems / P.J. Burek -- Continental fragmentation and ocean floor evolution during the past 200 m.y. / F.J. Vine -- Closing of the Carboniferous sea in western Europe / G.A.L. Johnson -- An improved reconstruction of Gondwanaland / L.C. King -- Morphologic fits of North America/Africa and Gondwana : a review / R.S. Dietz -- East African evidence of the palaeoposition of Madagascar / P.E. Kent -- Tectonics of the Indonesian region / W. Hamilton -- The recognition of former subduction zones in Southeast Asia / N.S. Haile -- The application of plate tectonics to the Mediterranean region / W. Alvarez -- Earth evolution in the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica / E. Stump -- The North Greenland fold belt : a clue to the history of the Arctic Ocean Basin and the Nares Strait lineament / P.R. Dawes -- The continental margin of Tanzania P.E. Kent -- The earmarks of subduction / W.M. Cady -- Plate tectonic significance of Alpine peridotite types / E.M. Moores -- The so-called Tethyan ophiolites / A.G. Smith -- Preliminary magnetic study of Newfoundland ophiolites, indicating the presence of native iron / E.R. Deutsch and K.V. Rao -- Polar wandering and continental drift / S.K. Runcorn -- Geochemistry of continental growth / P. Jakes -- Tectonic evolution of the continental crust of Australia / R.W.R. Rutland -- An outline of Precambrian plate development / K. Burke and J. Dewey -- Plate tectonics and evolution of Precambrian crust / A.M. Goodwin -- Some changes in continental structure since early Precambrian time / J. Sutton -- On the origin of 450 ± 200 m.y. orogenic belts / P.M. Hurley -- Correlation of structures across Precambrian orogenic belts in Africa / R.M. Shackleton -- Martian, lunar, and terrestrial crusts : a 3-dimensional exercise in comparative geophysics / R.A. Wells -- Continents adrift : new orthodoxy or persuasive joker? / R.S. Dietz and J.C. Holden
