Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910643838303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986; ©1986
• ISBN: 1-282-17172-0; 9786612171727; 1-4443-0381-3; 1-4443-0382-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Collana: International Association Of Sedimentologists Series
• Disciplina: 551.304; 552.8
• Soggetti: Orogeny; Geology, Stratigraphic; Sedimentation and deposition
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreland Basins; Contents; Preface; Foreland basins: an introduction; Circum-Pacific and Western Americas; Tectonic controls of foreland basin subsidence and Laramide style deformation, western United States; The stratigraphic and structural evolution of the central and eastern Magallanes Basin, southern South America; Magnetic polarity stratigraphy, age and tectonic setting of fluvial sediments in an eastern Andean foreland basin, San Juan Province, Argentina; The evolution of foreland basins to steady state: evidence from the western Taiwan foreland basin; Timor-Tanimbar Trough: the foreland basin of the evolving Banda orogenAlpine basins of Europe and Asia; The Oligocene to Recent foreland basins of the northern Apennines; A small polyhistory foreland basin evolving in a context of oblique convergence: the Venetian basin (Chattian to Recent, Southern Alps, Italy); A comparison between a present-day (Taranto Gulf) and a Miocene (Irpinian Basin) foredeep of the Southern Apennines (Italy); Plio-Pleistocene sedimentation in the ; Apenninic-Adriatic foredeep (Central Adriatic Sea, Italy); Dynamics of the Molasse Basin of western Switzerland; Evolution of the north Alpine foreland basin in the Central AlpsThrust belt development in the eastern Pyrenees and related depositional sequences in the southern foreland basin; Thrust tectonic controls on Miocene alluvial distribution patterns, southern Pyrenees; Syntectonic intraformational unconformities in alluvial fan deposits, eastern Ebro Basin margins (NE Spain); Late Cenozoic tectonics and sedimentation in the north-western Himalayan foredeep: I. Thrust ramping and associated deformation in the Potwar region; Late Cenozoic tectonics and sedimentation in the north-western Himalayan foredeep: II. Eastern limb of the Northwest Syntaxis and regional synthesisPalaeozoic of North America; Progressive filling of a confined Middle Ordovician foreland basin associated with the Taconic Orogeny, Quebec, Canada; Evolution from passive margin to foreland basin: the Atoka Formation of the Arkoma Basin, south-central U.S.A.; Sedimentary-tectonic development of the Marathon and Val Verde basins, West Texas, U.S.A.: a Permo-Carboniferous migrating foredeep; On the depositional response to thrusting and lithospheric flexure: examples from the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain basinsPetrography and stratigraphic techniques; Sedimentary 'signatures' of foreland basin assemblages: real or counterfeit?; Compositional trends within a clastic wedge adjacent to a fold-thrust belt: Indianola Group, central Utah, U.S.A.; Provenance modelling as a technique for analysing source terrane evolution and controls on foreland sedimentation; Reconstruction of patterns of differential subsidence using an episodic stratigraphic model
• Sommario/riassunto: Firstly, this represents a collection of case-studies covering a wide range of basin types and tectonic and stratigraphic settings. Secondly, it highlights specific themes such as the history of subsidence and its relation to orogenesis, and the stratigraphic architecture of the basin fill.

On her own terms [[electronic resource] ] : Annie Montague Alexander and the rise of science in the American West / / Barbara R. Stein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780375603321
• Autore: Stein Barbara R. <1955->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-282-35625-9; 0-520-92638-2; 9786612356254; 1-59734-781-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 570/.92; B
• Soggetti: Zoologists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-358) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Samuel Alexander And Henry Baldwin -- 2. Life In Oakland -- 3. A Passion For Paleontology -- 4. Africa, 1904 -- 5. Meeting C. Hart Merriam -- 6. Alaska, 1906 -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 7. Meeting Joseph Grinnell -- 9. An Unusual Collaboration -- 10. Louise And Prince William Sound -- 11. Support For Paleontology -- 12. Hearst, Sather, Flood -- 13. Innisfail Ranch -- 14. Vancouver Island And The Trinity Alps -- 15. The Team Of Alexander And Kellogg -- 16. From "A Friend Of The University" -- 17. Founding A Museum Of Paleontology -- 18. A Restless Decade -- 19. Europe, 1923 -- 20. The Temple Tour -- 21. The "Amoeba Treatment" -- 22. Fieldwork-The Later Years -- 23. Saline Valley -- 24. The End Of An Era -- 25. Hawaii-"My Only Real Home" -- 26. The Switch To Botany -- 27. Baja California-Tres Mujeres Sin Miedo -- 28. Investing In The Future -- 29. An Enduring Legacy -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At a time when women could not vote and very few were involved in the world outside the home, Annie Montague Alexander (1867-1950) was an intrepid explorer, amateur naturalist, skilled markswoman, ; philanthropist, farmer, and founder and patron of two natural history museums at the University of California, Berkeley. Barbara R. Stein presents a luminous portrait of this remarkable woman, a pioneer who helped shape the world of science in California, yet whose name has been little known until now. Alexander's father founded a Hawaiian sugar empire, and his great wealth afforded his adventurous daughter the opportunity to pursue her many interests. Stein portrays Alexander as a complex, intelligent, woman who--despite her frail appearance--was determined to achieve something with her life. Along with Louise Kellogg, her partner of forty years, Alexander collected thousands of animal, plant, and fossil specimens throughout western North America. Their collections serve as an invaluable record of the flora and fauna that were beginning to disappear as the West succumbed to spiraling population growth, urbanization, and agricultural development. Today at least seventeen taxa are named for Alexander, and several others honor Kellogg, who continued to make field trips after Alexander's death. Alexander's dealings with scientists and her encouragement--and funding--of women to do field research earned her much admiration, even from those with whom she clashed. Stein's extensive use of archival material, including excerpts from correspondence and diaries, allows us to see Annie Alexander as a keen observer of human nature who loved women and believed in their capabilities. Her legacy endures in the fields of zoology and paleontology and also in the lives of women who seek to follow their own star to the fullest degree possible.