Synopses & Reviews
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 9.
After a decade of intense and productive scientific cooperation between geologists, geophysicists and geochemists the International Geodynamics Program formally ended on July 31, 1980. The scientific accomplishments in more than seventy scientific reports and in this series of Final Report volumes.
The concept of the Geodynamics Program, as a natural successor to the Upper Mantle Project, developed during 1970 and 1971. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) then sought support for the new program from the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). As a result the Inter-Union Commission on Geodynamics was established by ICSU to manage the International Geodynamics Program.
Synopsis
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the
Geodynamics Series.
After a decade of intense and productive scientific cooperation between geologists, geophysicists and geochemists the International Geodynamics Program formally ended on July 31, 1980. The scientific accomplishments in more than seventy scientific reports and in this series of Final Report volumes.
The concept of the Geodynamics Program, as a natural successor to the Upper Mantle Project, developed during 1970 and 1971. The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) and the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) then sought support for the new program from the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). As a result the Inter-Union Commission on Geodynamics was established by ICSU to manage the International Geodynamics Program.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
C.L. Drake and A.L. Hales 1
INTRODUCTION
R. Cabre, S.J. 3
GEODYNAMICS OF THE JUAN DE FUCA PLATE
R.P. Riddihough, M.W. Beck, R.L. Chase, E.E. Davis, R.D. Hyndman, S.H. Johnson, and G.C. Rogers 5
BIBIOLOGRAPHY CONCERNING MEXICAN GEODYNAMICS
L. Del Castillo 23
SUMMARY AND BIBIOLOGRAPHY OF CARIBBEAN GEODYNAMIC INVESTIGATORS
J.F. Lewis, W. MacDonald, A.L. Smith, and J.D. Weaver 27
GEODYNAMICS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
G. Dengo 33
GEODYNAMIC RESEARCH IN COLOMBIA (1972-1979)
J. E. Ramirez, H. Duque-Caro, J.R. Goberna, and J.F. Toussaint 41
GEODYNAMICS OF ECUADOR
C.E. Acosta 53
BOLIVIAN GEOLOGICAL GEOTRAVERSE
S. Rivas 65
GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES IN CENTRAL ANDES
R. Cabre, S.J. 73
TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF PERUVIAN ANDES
J. Caldas V. 77
NAZCA PLATE AND ANDEAN FOREARC STUDIES
L.D. Kulm, J. Dymond, and K.F. Scheidegger 83
GEOPHYSICAL DATA AND THE NAZCA-SOUTH AMERICAN SUBJUCTION ZONE KINEMATICS:
PERU-NORTH CHILE SEGMENT
L. Ocola 95
KINEMATICS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN SUBJUCTION ZONE FROM GLOBAL PLATE RECONSTRUCTIONS
R.H. Pilger, Jr. 113
GEODYNAMICS OF THE ARGENTINE ANDEAN ARC AND RELATED REGIONS
B.A.J. Baldis and J. Febrer 127
PROGRESS IN GEODYNAMICS IN THE SCOTIA ARC REGION
P.F. Barker and I.W.D. Dalziel 137