Major impacts and plate tectonics : a model for the Phanerozoic evolution of the earth's lithosphere

Content: Computer generated contents: Chapt. 1. Earth and the solar system --
chapt. 2. Characteristics, stresses in, and strength of oceanic lithosphere --
chapt. 3. Assessment of mechanisms that cause plate movements --
chapt. 4. Hotspots, plumes and lithospheric thinning: large igneous provinces and the splitting of continents --
chapt. 5. Geometries and mechanisms of impact structures --
chapt. 6. Impacts and plate motion: the development of flood and plateau basalts, and continental rifting --
chapt. 7. Arcuate subduction features --
chapt. 8. Periodicity, regional tracks, impact control and future risks.