The Galapagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences

INDICE: Contributors Foreword: Darwin’s Perspective Randal Keynes Foreword: The Galápagos as a National Laboratory Peter Grant Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Eric Mittelstaedt, Noémi d’Ozouville, Karen S. Harpp, and David W. Graham 2. Contrasting Volcanism in Hawai‘i and Galápagos Michael P. Poland 3. Galápagos and Easter: A Tale of Two Hotspots Karen S. Harpp, Paul S. Hall, and Matthew G. Jackson 4. Eruption Rates for Fernandina Volcano: A New Chronology at the Galápagos Hotspot Center 5. Galápagos Magma Chambers Dennis J. Geist, George Bergantz, and William W. Chadwick, Jr. 6. The Geology and Geochemistry of Isla Floreana, Galápagos: A Different Type of Late–Stage Ocean Island Volcanism Karen S. Harpp, Dennis J. Geist, Alison M. Koleszar, Branden Christensen, John Lyons, Melissa Sabga, and Nathan Rollins 7. Plate Tectonics, Evolution, and the Survival of Species: A Modern Day Hotspot Godfrey Merlen 8. A Paleogeographic Model of the Galápagos Islands and Biogeographical and Evolutionary Implications Dennis J. Geist, Howard Snell, Heidi Snell, Charlotte Goddard, and Mark D. Kurz 9. Hydrogeology of the Galápagos Archipelago: An Integrated and Comparative Approach Between Islands Sophie Violette, Noémi d’Ozouville, Alexandre Pryet, Benoît Deffontaines, Jérôme Fortin, and Mathilde Adelinet 10. Controls on the Hydrological and Topographic Evolution of Shield Volcanoes and Volcanic Ocean Islands Anne J. Jefferson, Ken L. Ferrier, J. Taylor Perron, and Ricardo Ramalho 11. Climate and the Global Reach of the Galápagos Archipelago: State of the Knowledge Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Raghu Murtugudde, and W. Brechner Owens 12. Assessment of the Chile 2010 and Japan 2011 Tsunami Events in the Galápagos Islands Willington Rentería and Patrick Lynett 13. Patterns in Galápagos Magmatism Arising from the Upper Mantle Dynamics of Plume–Ridge Interaction Garrett Ito and Todd Bianco 14. Variations in Crustal Thickness, Plate Rigidity, and Volcanic Processes Throughout The Northern Galápagos Volcanic Province Eric Mittelstaedt, Adam S. Soule, Karen S. Harpp, and Daniel Fornari 15. Plume–Ridge Interaction in the Galápagos: Perspectives from Wolf, Darwin, and Genovesa Islands Karen S. Harpp, Karl R. Wirth, Rachel Teasdale, Susanna Blair, Leslie Reed, Jay Barr, Janna Pistiner, and Daniel Korich 16. A Preliminary Survey of the Northeast Seamounts, Galápagos Platform Christopher W. Sinton, Karen S. Harpp, and David M. Christie 17. Effect of Variations in Magma Supply on the Crustal Structure of Mid–Ocean Ridges: Insights from the Western Galápagos Spreading Center Juan Pablo Canales, Robert A. Dunn, Garrett Ito, Robert S. Detrick, and Valentí Sallarès 18. Helium Isotope Variations and Mantle Plume–Spreading Ridge Interactions Along the Galápagos Spreading Center David W. Graham, Barry B. Hanan, John E. Lupton, Kaj Hoernle, Reinhard Werner, David M. Christie, and John M. Sinton Index

• ISBN: 978-1-118-85241-5
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 496
• Fecha Publicación: 23/05/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés