1st Edition

Continental Rift Formation and its Prehistory

By A.V. Razvalyaev Copyright 1991

    Translation of the Russian edition of 1988 on peculiarities of the Arabian-Nubian Shield in the Precambrian, prerift magmatism in the Red Sea Rift zone, evolution of the crust in rift forming zones.

    CHAPTER 1 PECULIARITIES OF TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARABIAN-NUBIAN SHIELD IN THE PRECAMBRIAN, CHAPTER 2 PRERIFT STAGE MAGMATISM OF THE RED SEA RIFT ZONE, CHAPTER 3 MAIN FEATURES OF THE TECTONICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE RED SEA-ADEN RIFT ZONES, CHAPTER 4 CORRELATION BETWEEN STRUCTURAL FEATURES DURING RIFT FORMATION AND PRERIFT STAGES OF THE RED SEA RIFT ZONE, CHAPTER 5 EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH’S CRUST IN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL RIFT FORMING ZONES, CHAPTER 6 ENDOGENETIC REGIMES OF CONTINENTAL RIFT FORMATION AND ITS PATTERN OF EMERGENCE.

    Biography

    A. V Razvalyaev.