Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

by Jeanloz, Raymond; Albee, Arden L.; Burke, Kevin C.

• ISBN13: 9780824320300
• ISBN10: 0824320301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Annual Reviews

Table of Contents

Frontispiece	xvi
Vladimir Keilis-Borok
Earthquake Prediction: State-Of-The-Art and Emerging Possibilities	1	(34)
Vladimir Keilis-Borok
Modeling Complex, Nonlinear Geological Processes	35	(30)
Greg A. Valentine
Dongxiao Zhang
Bruce A. Robinson
Dating the Time of Origin of Major Clades: Molecular Clocks and the Fossil Record	65	(24)
Andrew B. Smith
Kevin J. Peterson
Modern Integrations of Solar System Dynamics	89	(24)
A. Morbidelli
Implications of Extrasolar Planets for Understanding Planet Formation	113	(36)
Peter Bodenheimer
D.N.C. Lin
Scaling Of Soil Moisture: A Hydrologic Perspective	149	(32)
Andrew W. Western
Rodger B. Grayson
Gunter Bloschl
Streamflow Necessary for Environmental Maintenance	181	(26)
Peter J. Whiting
Petrology of Subducted Slabs	207	(30)
Stefano Poli
Max W. Schmidt
Geodynamo Simulations-How Realistic Are They?	237	(22)
Gary A. Glatzmaier
Modern Imaging Using Seismic Reflection Data	259	(26)
Michael C. Fehler
Lianjie Huang
Prelude to the Cambrian Explosion	285	(22)
James W. Valentine
Pluto and Charon: Formation, Seasons, Composition	307	(40)
Michael E. Brown
Geologic Structure of the Uppermost Oceanic Crust Created at Fast-To Intermediate-Rate Spreading Centers	347	(38)
Jeffrey A. Karson
Volcanoes, Fluids, and Life at Ms-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers	385	(108)
Deborah S. Kelley
John A. Baross
John R. Delaney
Mantle Mixing: The Generation, Preservation, and Destruction of Chemical Heterogeneity	493	(34)
Peter E. Van Keken
Erik H. Hauri
Chris J. Ballentine
Fossil Plants as Indicators of the Phanerozoic Global Carbon Cycle	527	(30)
D.J. Beerling
D.L. Royer
Indexes
Subject Index	557	(26)
Cumulative Index of Contributing Authors, Volumes 20-30	583	(3)
Cumulative Index of Chapter Titles, Volumes 20-30	586