The Evolution of Global Crustal Uplift and Depression

The dynamic mechanism of plate tectonics remains a reasonable theory, but one with shortcomings such as insufficient bases for plate division, unclear plate boundaries, and unclear geological characteristics. This book proposes that the world's continents should not be divided by plates, and that their formation is not due to plate tectonics but rather due to global crustal uplift evolution and sea-land evolution. This proposal is based on the authors' broad theoretical foundation and comprehensive professional knowledge, built up over more than ten years of in-depth research by many scholars on the evolution of the Earth's continents.

In this book, many case studies are better explained by global crustal uplift and sea-land evolution. Namely, that the entire continents of the world are indivisible, and the changes of each land block over geological periods resulted from the sea-land changes.

The book further develops the original 'geomechanics theory' created by the famous geologist Li Siguang. As a vibrant and highly rigorous work, Prof Li's book offered important theoretical guidance that enriched the global geological community and led to a re-development within geological science. The strong response highlights the significance of geomechanics theory and our theories that build upon it in this book.

Contents:

• Preface
• List of Authors
• The Origin of the Earth's Motion
• An Overview of the Sedimentary System of the Crust
• Features of Crustal Stress All Over the World
• Major Tectonic Movements All Over the World
• Crustal Tectonic Deformation Styles
• Features of Crustal Uplifts and Depressions All Over the World
• Evidence of SeaLand Changes
• Conclusions
• Extended Reading
• Evolution of Global Crustal Uplift, Subsidence, and Basins
• Features of Structural Systems in Northern China and their Control on Basin and Hydrocarbon Distribution
• A Study on an Oil Control Model of a Subordinate Shear Structural System in China
• Tectonic Systems in Northwestern China and Their Relations with Hydrocarbon (To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Xinjiang Petroleum Geology)
• Petroleum Control Patterns using Structural Systems
• Index

Readership: Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of Earth Sciences.
Key Features:

• It was first proposed that the world's continents should not be divided by plates, and should not be formed due to the plate drift
• The fundamental cause was the global crustal uplift evolution and the sea-land evolution

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