Linkages And Feedbacks In Orogenic Systems

Author : Richard D. Law,J. Ryan Thigpen,Arthur J. Merschat,Harold Stowell
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780813712130

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Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems by Richard D. Law,J. Ryan Thigpen,Arthur J. Merschat,Harold Stowell Pdf

Dedicated to Bob Hatcher, this Memoir explores linkages between tectonic processes through a series of field-, numerical- and laboratory-based studies, concentrating on feedback mechanisms within ancient and evolving orogens by which individual or linked tectonic processes may influence or predetermine the operation of other processes in space and time. Case studies cover a wide range of ancient to modern orogens: the Svecofennian of southern Finland, the Gyeonggi Massif of Korea, the Caledonides of northern Scotland, the Variscan of the East European craton, the Appalachians of the eastern United States, the European Alps and Dinarides, north Cascades of the northwestern United States, and the Himalaya. Emphasis is placed on integration between data sets developed from a wide range of analytical approaches, including: field mapping, seismic reflection profiling, strain analyses, petrology, isotopic dating, and numerical modeling-based studies of thermal evolution associated with tectonic processes such as thrust-related burial and exhumation.

Author : Brett T. McLaurin
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700663

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Field Excursions to the Appalachian Plateaus and the Valley and Ridge for GSA Connects 2023 by Brett T. McLaurin Pdf

Author : Joan Florsheim,Christian Koeberl,Matthew P. McKay,Nancy Riggs
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813700618

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Field Excursions from the 2021 GSA Section Meetings by Joan Florsheim,Christian Koeberl,Matthew P. McKay,Nancy Riggs Pdf

Author : Elizabeth J. Catlos,Ibrahim Cemen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119773849

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Compressional Tectonics by Elizabeth J. Catlos,Ibrahim Cemen Pdf

A synthesis of current knowledge on collisional and convergent plate boundaries worldwide Major mountain belts on Earth, such as the Alps, Himalayas, and Appalachians, have been built by compressional tectonic processes during continent-continent and arc-continent collisions. Understanding their formation and evolution is important because of the hazards associated with convergent and collisional plate boundaries, and because these mountain belts contain resources such as precious metals, rare earth elements, oil, gas, and coal. Compressional Tectonics: Plate Convergence to Mountain Building reviews our present-day knowledge of the tectonic evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan and Appalachian belts. Volume highlights include: overview of terminology relating to compressional and contractional tectonics discussion of subduction zone dynamics debates over the timing of the collision and convergence of particular subduction and suture zones examples of the different stages in the development of orogenic belts This book is one of a set of three Tectonic Processes: A Global View The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

Author : Alcides N. Sial,Claudio Gaucher,Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar,Valderez Pinto Ferreira
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119382553

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Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries by Alcides N. Sial,Claudio Gaucher,Muthuvairavasamy Ramkumar,Valderez Pinto Ferreira Pdf

Exploring environmental changes through Earth’s geological history using chemostratigraphy Chemostratigraphy is the study of the chemical characteristics of different rock layers. Decoding this geochemical record across chronostratigraphic boundaries can provide insights into geological history, past climates, and sedimentary processes. Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries presents state-of-the-art applications of chemostratigraphic methods and demonstrates how chemical signatures can decipher past environmental conditions. Volume highlights include: Presents a global perspective on chronostratigraphic boundaries Describes how different proxies can reveal distinct elemental and isotopic events in the geologic past Examines the Archaean-Paleoproterozoic, Proterozoic-Paleozoic, Paleozoic-Mesozoic, and Mesozoic-Paleogene boundaries Explores cause-and-effect through major, trace, PGE, and REE elemental, stable, and radiogenic isotopes Offers solutions to persistent chemostratigraphic problems on a micro-global scale Geared toward academic and researchgeoscientists, particularly in the fields of sedimentary petrology, stratigraphy, isotope geology, geochemistry, petroleum geology, atmospheric science, oceanography, climate change and environmental science, Chemostratigraphy Across Major Chronological Boundaries offers invaluable insights into environmental evolution and climatic change.

Author : Rodolphe Cattin,Jean-Luc Epard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789451290

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Himalaya: Dynamics of a Giant, Geodynamic Setting of the Himalayan Range by Rodolphe Cattin,Jean-Luc Epard Pdf

Author : P.G. DeCelles,B. Carrapa,T.P. Ojha,G.E. Gehrels,D. Collins
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780813725475

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Structural and Thermal Evolution of the Himalayan Thrust Belt in Midwestern Nepal by P.G. DeCelles,B. Carrapa,T.P. Ojha,G.E. Gehrels,D. Collins Pdf

"Spanning eight kilometers of topographic relief, the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in Nepal has accommodated more than 700 km of Cenozoic convergence between the Indian subcontinent and Asia. Rapid tectonic shortening and erosion in a monsoonal climate have exhumed greenschist to upper amphibolite facies rocks along with unmetamorphosed rocks, including a 5-6-km-thick Cenozoic foreland basin sequence. This Special Paper presents new geochronology, multisystem thermochronology, structural geology, and geological mapping of an approximately 37,000 km2 region in midwestern and western Nepal. This work informs enduring Himalayan debates, including how and where to map the Main Central thrust, the geometry of the seismically active basal Himalayan detachment, processes of tectonic shortening in the context of postcollisional India-Asia convergence, and long-term geodynamics of the orogenic wedge"--Publisher's website

Author : Gang Rao,Renqi Lu,Maryline Le Béon,Bernard Delcaillau,Jonny Wu,Fabien Graveleau
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889742349

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Active Fold-and-Thrust Belts: From Present-Day Deformation to Structural Architecture and Modelling by Gang Rao,Renqi Lu,Maryline Le Béon,Bernard Delcaillau,Jonny Wu,Fabien Graveleau Pdf

Author : Annette Summers Engel,Robert D. Hatcher Jr.
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-30
Category : Geology
ISBN : 9780813700502

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Geology at Every Scale by Annette Summers Engel,Robert D. Hatcher Jr. Pdf

"The chapters in this guidebook are organized according to major geologic themes, starting first with field trips in the Knoxville area that highlight, in some way, local carbonates, and then by ending with field trips focused on regional tectonics that include travel to North and South Carolina and Georgia"--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 5634 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780081029091

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Encyclopedia of Geology by Anonim Pdf

Encyclopedia of Geology, Second Edition presents in six volumes state-of-the-art reviews on the various aspects of geologic research, all of which have moved on considerably since the writing of the first edition. New areas of discussion include extinctions, origins of life, plate tectonics and its influence on faunal provinces, new types of mineral and hydrocarbon deposits, new methods of dating rocks, and geological processes. Users will find this to be a fundamental resource for teachers and students of geology, as well as researchers and non-geology professionals seeking up-to-date reviews of geologic research. Provides a comprehensive and accessible one-stop shop for information on the subject of geology, explaining methodologies and technical jargon used in the field Highlights connections between geology and other physical and biological sciences, tackling research problems that span multiple fields Fills a critical gap of information in a field that has seen significant progress in past years Presents an ideal reference for a wide range of scientists in earth and environmental areas of study

Author : Achyuta Ayan Misra,Soumyajit Mukherjee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319205762

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Tectonic Inheritance in Continental Rifts and Passive Margins by Achyuta Ayan Misra,Soumyajit Mukherjee Pdf

This work reviews the mechanism of rifting with a focus on pre-existing tectonic weaknesses in pre-rift and/or basement rocks, i.e., on tectonic inheritance. The passive margins that are studied in this book are the Norwegian Continental Shelf, the Eastern North America and the East and West Indian Continental Margins. The continental rifts that have been analysed are the East African Rift System, the Brazilian Continental Rift Systems and the European Cenozoic Rift System. It states how rifts and passive margins serve as valuable locations for hydrocarbon exploration. Tectonic inheritance/heritage examines the influence of pre-existing/pre-rift elements on the geometry, genesis and propagation of rift-related faults. Such elements include anisotropies in the shallow crustal levels, as well as the rheology of the lithosphere. Inheritance greatly influences the architecture of rifted passive margins including the attitude of faults and geometry of horsts, (half-) grabens, transfer zones etc. Inheritance is also a determining factor in the width of rifts and rift shoulder topography.

Author : Peter G. DeCelles,Mihai N. Ducea,Barbara Carrapa,Paul A. Kapp
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Geodynamics
ISBN : 9780813712123

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Geodynamics of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile by Peter G. DeCelles,Mihai N. Ducea,Barbara Carrapa,Paul A. Kapp Pdf

"This memoir brings together results from a multidisciplinary study of the processes that have formed the highest, widest part of the Andean Cordilleran orogenic belt in northern Argentina and Chile. The region features a tectonically erosive forearc, protracted arc magmatism, a high-elevation hinterland plateau and strongly shortened retroarc thrust belt, and a Paleocene-Recent foreland basin system"--

Author : C.E. Bond,H.D. Lebit
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786204295

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Folding and Fracturing of Rocks by C.E. Bond,H.D. Lebit Pdf

This Special Publication is a celebration of research into the Folding and Fracturing of Rocks to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the seminal textbook by J. G. Ramsay. Folding and Fracturing of Rocks summarised the key structural geology concepts of the time. Through his numerical and geometric focus John pioneered and provided solutions to understanding the processes leading to the folding and fracturing of rocks. His strong belief that numerical and geometric solutions, to understanding crustal processes, should be tested against field examples added weight and clarity to his work. The basic ideas and solutions presented in the text are as relevant now as they were 50 years ago, and this collection of papers celebrates John’s contribution to structural geology. The papers explore the lasting impact of John and his work, they present case studies and a modern understanding of the process documented in the Folding and Fracturing of Rocks.

Author : Phil Owens,Olav Slaymaker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781444119060

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MOUNTAIN GEOMORPHOLOGY by Phil Owens,Olav Slaymaker Pdf

Mountains represent one of the most inspiring and attractive natural features on the surface of the earth. Visually, they dominate the landscape. However, the increasing realization of the fragility of mountain areas because of changes in land use, management and climate, combined with an understanding of their importance for water and other natural resources, has resulted in a growing interest in mountain environments in recent years. Hence, Mountain Geomorphology represents a timely and unique contribution to the literature. Written by a team of international experts, this book is divided into three sections, which consider historical, functional and applied mountain geomorphology from both global and local perspectives. Historical mountain geomorphology focuses on the evolution of landforms. Functional mountain geomorphology emphasises the interaction between processes and landforms, while applied mountain geomorphology concerns the interrelationships between geomorphological processes and society. Mountain Geomorphology is a valuable source of information for students studying mountain geomorphology, and also for academics and research scientists interested in mountain environments.

Author : Geological Society of London
Publisher : Geological Society of London
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Science
ISBN : 1862390800

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Continental Reactivation and Reworking by Geological Society of London Pdf

As a result of its bouyancy, continental crust is rarely subducted meaning that successive episodes of continental deformation imparts a complex geological character that is not found in younger oceanic lithosphere.