Alpine Tectonics
Title | Alpine Tectonics PDF eBook |
Author | M. P. Coward |
Publisher | |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Alpine regions |
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The Geology of Spain
Title | The Geology of Spain PDF eBook |
Author | Wes Gibbons |
Publisher | Geological Society of London |
Pages | 670 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781862391109 |
Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System
Title | Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System PDF eBook |
Author | Siegfried Siegesmund |
Publisher | Geological Society of London |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781862392526 |
The Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides form a complex, highly curved and strongly coupled orogenic system. Motions of the European and Adriatic plates gave birth to a number of 'oceans' and microplates that led to several distinct stages of collision. Although the Alps serve as a classical example of collisional orogens, it becomes clearer that substantial questions on their evolution can only be answered in the Carpathians and Dinarides. Our understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System has substantially improved and will continue to develop; this is thanks to collaboration between eastern and western Europe, but also due to the application of new methods and the launch of research initiatives. The largely field-based contributions investigate the following subjects: pre-Alpine heritage and Alpine reactivation; Mesozoic palaeogeography and Alpine subduction and collision processes; extrusion tectonics from the Eastern Alps to the Carpathians and the Pannonian Basin; orogen-parallel and orogen-perpendicular extension; record of orogeny in foreland basins; tectonometamorphic evolution; and relations between the Alps, Apennines and Corsica.
Geology of the Alps
Title | Geology of the Alps PDF eBook |
Author | O. Adrian Pfiffner |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1118708121 |
The Alps, with their outstanding outcrop conditions, represent a superb natural laboratory for many geological processes, and have played a crucial role in the history of geology. This book gives an up-to-date and holistic overview of the key aspects of Alpine geology. After a brief presentation of the plate tectonic framework, the rock suites are discussed, starting with the pre-Triassic crystalline basement, followed by Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary sequences. The lithological description of the rock types is supplemented by a discussion of their paleogeographic and plate tectonic contexts. The book goes on to describe the structure of the Alps (including the Jura Mountains and the Alpine foreland to the north and south) illustrated by numerous cross-sections. The evolution of the Alps as a mountain chain incorporates a discussion of the Alpine metamorphic history and a compilation of orogenic timetables. The final sections cover the evolution of Alpine drainage patterns and the region’s glacial history. Readership: The book is essential reading for students and lecturers on Alpine courses and excursions, and all earth-scientists interested in the geology of the region.
Tectonic Essays
Title | Tectonic Essays PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Battersby Bailey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1935 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System
Title | Plate Tectonics and the Evolution of the Alpine System PDF eBook |
Author | John F. Dewey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Geology, Structural |
ISBN |
The Nappe Theory in the Alps (Alpine Tectonics, 1905-1928)
Title | The Nappe Theory in the Alps (Alpine Tectonics, 1905-1928) PDF eBook |
Author | Franz Heritsch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1929 |
Genre | Alps |
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