Geomorphology and plate tectonics [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors
| Geomorphology and plate tectonics [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.41 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FerrariDavid M
GuiseppiAntonio R |
| Soggetto topico |
Geomorphology
Landforms Plate tectonics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61668-997-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460060203321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geomorphology and plate tectonics [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors
| Geomorphology and plate tectonics [[electronic resource] /] / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.41 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FerrariDavid M
GuiseppiAntonio R |
| Soggetto topico |
Geomorphology
Landforms Plate tectonics |
| ISBN | 1-61668-997-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785176903321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geomorphology and plate tectonics / / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors
| Geomorphology and plate tectonics / / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.41 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FerrariDavid M
GuiseppiAntonio R |
| Soggetto topico |
Geomorphology
Landforms Plate tectonics |
| ISBN | 1-61668-997-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: THEORY, LIMITATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IN-SITU-PRODUCED COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 3. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT -- 4. TRADITIONAL INTERPRETIVE MODELS -- 4.1. Single Nuclides -- 4.2. Multiple Nuclides -- 4.2.1. Ratio Diagrams for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.2.2. Solution Curves for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.3. Burial Age -- 5. UNCERTAINTIES, LIMITATIONS AND ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES -- 5.1. Nuclide Properties -- 5.1.1. Spatial Variation of Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates -- 5.1.2. Temporal Variations in Production Rates -- 5.1.3. Diffusive Loss -- 5.2. Geomorphic Conditions -- 5.2.1. Topographic Shielding and Surface Coverage -- 5.2.2. Inheritance and Complex Geo-History -- 5.2.3. Sediment Mixing -- 5.3. Measurement Error and Sample Preparation -- 5.4. Cost -- 6. OVERVIEW OF EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS -- 6.1. Glacial Geochronology and Geomorphology -- 6.2. Tectonic Geomorphology -- 6.3. Site-Specific Weathering, Erosion and Regolith Production -- 6.4. Watershed Scale Erosion -- 6.5. Depositional Landforms -- 6.6. Other Applications -- 7. FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FLOOD RISK AND LANDFORM OF CAMBODIAN MEKONG DELTA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODOROLOGY -- 2.1. Data -- 2.2. Processing of Satellte Data for Flood Mapping -- 3. IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR FLOODING IN EACH SEASON -- 4.THE EFFECT OF LANDFORM UNITS FOR FLOODING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 WHY ARE ROCK GLACIERS MORE OR LESS PROMINENT IN HIGH MOUNTAINS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREAS -- Vanoise Massif -- Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- METHODS -- Data Acquisition: Identification and Description of the Rock Glaciers.
Analysis of the Rock Glacier Occurrence -- RESULTS -- Rock Glaciers Main Characteristics and Spatial Prominence -- Occurrence Analysis -- Statistical Regularities in the Vanoise Massif -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Constitution of the Corrie-Based Database and Formulation of the Null Hypotheses -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Hypothesis Tests -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) -- GIS-Based Results in the Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ON SHAKY GROUND: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES IN UNEASY TRANSITION TO A NEW CLIMATIC ORDER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE MELTING ARCTIC OCEAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENT, GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND DISTURBANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- SOME PROBLEMS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELS THAT LACK SUFFICIENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- QUALITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS AND DIMENSIONALITY -- THE DISTURBANCE GEOMORPHOLOGY CONCEPT AS A QUALITATIVE, DIMENSIONLESS MODEL -- CASE STUDIES -- SENSITIVITY OF LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES TO CHANGE -- CONCLUSION: RECONCILING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATED BY GEOWEPP FOR CHECK DAM WATERSHEDS IN EPHEMERAL GULLIES (SOUTH-EAST SPAIN) -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- STUDY AREA -- METHODOLOGY -- Simulation with the WEPP Model -- Input Data -- Input Climatic Variables -- Topographical Variables (Slope) -- Edaphic Entry Variables. Variables Related to Land Uses -- Output Variables for the Drainage Areas -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 MODELLING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS ON GULLY EROSION AND DRAINAGE BASIN EVOLUTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Analysis of Digital Elevation Models -- Model Description -- Model Calibration -- RESULT -- Model Simulations -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR SIBERIAN PLATE TECTONICS FROM RODINIA THROUGH PANGAEA TO EURASIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SIBERIA IN RODINIA AND BREAK-UP PROCESS DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC -- 2.1. Brief Review -- 2.2. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Pre-Sayan Area -- 2.3. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Yenisey Ridge -- 2.4. Summary Data for Meso- to Neoproterozoic and Tectonic Reconstructions -- 3. VENDIAN TO CAMBRIAN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRAME OF SIBERIA -- 3.1. Short Prelude -- 3.2. The Kuznetsk-Alatau Terranes -- 3.3. The West Sayan Terranes -- 3.4. The Gorny Altai Terrane -- 3.5. The Eravna Terrane Units -- 3.6. Discussion about Paleomagnetic Data and Tectonic Implication -- 4. LATE PALEOZOIC EURASIA ASSEMBLY AND TRAP MAGMATISM INTO SIBERIA -- 4.1. Late Paleozoic Tectonic Introduction -- 4.2. Late Paleozoic Kara - Siberia Collision and Global Paleozoic Reconstruction -- 4.3. Paleomagnetic Evidence from Siberian Large Igneous Province -- 5. MESOZOIC INTRAPLATE MOTIONS AND ITS REFLECTS IN THE EURASIA STRUCTURE -- 5.1. Brief Review -- 5.2. The Mongolo-Okhotsk Tectonic Province (Transbaikalia Region) -- 5.3. Implication of Trasbaikalia Paleomagnetic Evidence to Tectonic of Mongolo-Okhotsk Ocean Cloused -- 5.4. The Late Mesozoic Intraplate Magmatism of Minusa Depression (Central Asian Tectonic Province). 5.5. Lena Region of Siberian Platform (Verkhoyansk Trough) and Summary of Mesozoic Tectonic and Paleomagnetic Evidence for Siberia -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 GEODYNAMICS OF INDIAN FREE-BOARD: ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC COLLISION ZONES AND UNDERLYING LITHOSPHERE AND ITS RAPID DRIFT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY FIELD -- 2. GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS -- 3. BOUGUER ANOMALY MAP OF INDIA -- 4.1. Cenozoic Tectonics in Northern Part -- 4.2. Archean-Proterozoic Collision Zones of Indian Shield -- (i) Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt (ADFB, H3) and Western Rajasthan (H4): -- (ii) Satpura Fold Belt (SFB, H6 - H8) -- (iii) Godavari Proterozoic Basin (L7 and Adjoining Gravity Highs) -- (iv) Peninsular Shield (L8-L12 -- H11-H12) and Connection to Madagascar -- (v) Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) (L13-L15 -- H13-H14) -- (vi) Eastern Ghat Fold Belts and Adjoining Proterozoic Basins (H15 - H17 -- -- L12 - L13) and Extension in Sri Lanka -- 5. LITHOSPHERE UNDER INDIAN CONTINENT -- 5.1. Spectrum of Bouguer Anomaly Map of India -- 5.2. Low Pass Filtered Regional Map and Modelling along Profiles -- 6. CHAMP-SATELLITE MAGNETIC MAP OVER INDIA AND TIBET -- 6.1. Spectral Analysis of CHAMP Satellite Magnetic Data -- 7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 7.1. Archean-Proterozoic Cratons and Fold Belts -- 7.2. Lithosphere under Indian Continent and its Rapid Drift -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 NATURE OF PERMIAN FAUNAS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREVIOUS WORK -- METHODS -- SCOPE OF PRESENT STUDY -- EARLY PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- Early Permian Fusulinids of the Craton -- Texas -- Arizona-New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Canada -- Early Permian Fusulinids in the Terranes -- McCloud Belt -- Wrangellia Terrane. Eastern Tethyan Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Fusulinid Faunas -- EARLY PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- Colonial Rugose Corals on the Craton -- Colonial Rugose Corals in the Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY PERMIAN FAUNAS -- Fusulinid Faunas -- Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE EARLY PERMIAN -- Latitudinal Placement -- Longitudinal Placement -- FAUNAL CHANGES FROM EARLY TO MIDDLE PERMIAN -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE MIDDLE PERMIAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AFRICAN ATLASIC BELT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Main Geological Features -- High and Middle Atlas -- Saharan Atlas and Aurès Mounts -- Tunisian Atlas -- STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN THE ATLASIC BELT AND AFRICAN CRATON -- North-South Trends -- Béchar Suture -- Laghouat Trend -- Zibans High Zone -- Tébessa Trend -- Tunisian North-South Axis -- East-West to ENE to ESE Trends -- PALEOGEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ATLASIC BASINS -- Triassic- Lias Rifting -- Middle to Late Jurassic Rifting -- Cretaceous Extensional Episodes (Aptian to Early Turonian) -- Early Aptian Rifting Episode -- Latest Albian Rifting Episode -- Latest Cenomanian to Early Turonian Rifting Episode -- Senonian Compressional Events -- Tertiary Folding -- PLATE KINEMATIC CONTROL ON THE ATLASIC DEFORMATIONS -- NEOTETHYS AND NORTH-EASTERN ATLASIC DOMAIN PALEOTECTONICS -- Overview of the Tunisian and Libyan Margin -- Pelagian Sea -- Sirte Basin -- Plate Tectonics and Neotethys Evolution -- Late Permian to Early Jurassic -- Cretaceous -- Tertiary -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. Short Communication A 3D MORPHOLOGY OF PHASE MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS BY THE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY METHOD. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911089328403321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geomorphology and plate tectonics / / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors
| Geomorphology and plate tectonics / / David M. Ferrari and Antonio R. Guiseppi, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (414 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.41 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FerrariDavid M
GuiseppiAntonio R |
| Soggetto topico |
Geomorphology
Landforms Plate tectonics |
| ISBN | 1-61668-997-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- GEOMORPHOLOGY AND PLATE TECTONICS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: THEORY, LIMITATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. IN-SITU-PRODUCED COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES: A GENERAL DESCRIPTION -- 3. SAMPLE PREPARATION AND MEASUREMENT -- 4. TRADITIONAL INTERPRETIVE MODELS -- 4.1. Single Nuclides -- 4.2. Multiple Nuclides -- 4.2.1. Ratio Diagrams for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.2.2. Solution Curves for Nuclide Pairs -- 4.3. Burial Age -- 5. UNCERTAINTIES, LIMITATIONS AND ADVANCED OPPORTUNITIES -- 5.1. Nuclide Properties -- 5.1.1. Spatial Variation of Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates -- 5.1.2. Temporal Variations in Production Rates -- 5.1.3. Diffusive Loss -- 5.2. Geomorphic Conditions -- 5.2.1. Topographic Shielding and Surface Coverage -- 5.2.2. Inheritance and Complex Geo-History -- 5.2.3. Sediment Mixing -- 5.3. Measurement Error and Sample Preparation -- 5.4. Cost -- 6. OVERVIEW OF EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS -- 6.1. Glacial Geochronology and Geomorphology -- 6.2. Tectonic Geomorphology -- 6.3. Site-Specific Weathering, Erosion and Regolith Production -- 6.4. Watershed Scale Erosion -- 6.5. Depositional Landforms -- 6.6. Other Applications -- 7. FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 FLOOD RISK AND LANDFORM OF CAMBODIAN MEKONG DELTA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DATA AND METHODOROLOGY -- 2.1. Data -- 2.2. Processing of Satellte Data for Flood Mapping -- 3. IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR FLOODING IN EACH SEASON -- 4.THE EFFECT OF LANDFORM UNITS FOR FLOODING -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 WHY ARE ROCK GLACIERS MORE OR LESS PROMINENT IN HIGH MOUNTAINS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STUDY AREAS -- Vanoise Massif -- Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- METHODS -- Data Acquisition: Identification and Description of the Rock Glaciers.
Analysis of the Rock Glacier Occurrence -- RESULTS -- Rock Glaciers Main Characteristics and Spatial Prominence -- Occurrence Analysis -- Statistical Regularities in the Vanoise Massif -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Constitution of the Corrie-Based Database and Formulation of the Null Hypotheses -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Hypothesis Tests -- Differentiating with- and without-Rock Glaciers Corries in the Vanoise Massif: Results of the Principal Components Analysis (PCA) -- GIS-Based Results in the Chandi-Gorakh Himal -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 ON SHAKY GROUND: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES IN UNEASY TRANSITION TO A NEW CLIMATIC ORDER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBSERVATIONS AND PREDICTIONS OF LANDSCAPE CHANGES -- SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES -- CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM THE MELTING ARCTIC OCEAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 GEOMORPHIC ADJUSTMENT, GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT, AND DISTURBANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- SOME PROBLEMS WITH QUANTITATIVE MODELS THAT LACK SUFFICIENT GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT -- QUALITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS AND DIMENSIONALITY -- THE DISTURBANCE GEOMORPHOLOGY CONCEPT AS A QUALITATIVE, DIMENSIONLESS MODEL -- CASE STUDIES -- SENSITIVITY OF LANDFORMS AND LANDSCAPES TO CHANGE -- CONCLUSION: RECONCILING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE GEOMORPHIC MODELS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 EROSION AND SEDIMENT YIELD ESTIMATED BY GEOWEPP FOR CHECK DAM WATERSHEDS IN EPHEMERAL GULLIES (SOUTH-EAST SPAIN) -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- STUDY AREA -- METHODOLOGY -- Simulation with the WEPP Model -- Input Data -- Input Climatic Variables -- Topographical Variables (Slope) -- Edaphic Entry Variables. Variables Related to Land Uses -- Output Variables for the Drainage Areas -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 MODELLING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS ON GULLY EROSION AND DRAINAGE BASIN EVOLUTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- Analysis of Digital Elevation Models -- Model Description -- Model Calibration -- RESULT -- Model Simulations -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR SIBERIAN PLATE TECTONICS FROM RODINIA THROUGH PANGAEA TO EURASIA -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SIBERIA IN RODINIA AND BREAK-UP PROCESS DURING NEOPROTEROZOIC -- 2.1. Brief Review -- 2.2. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Pre-Sayan Area -- 2.3. Geology and Paleomagnetic Evidence from Yenisey Ridge -- 2.4. Summary Data for Meso- to Neoproterozoic and Tectonic Reconstructions -- 3. VENDIAN TO CAMBRIAN ACTIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRAME OF SIBERIA -- 3.1. Short Prelude -- 3.2. The Kuznetsk-Alatau Terranes -- 3.3. The West Sayan Terranes -- 3.4. The Gorny Altai Terrane -- 3.5. The Eravna Terrane Units -- 3.6. Discussion about Paleomagnetic Data and Tectonic Implication -- 4. LATE PALEOZOIC EURASIA ASSEMBLY AND TRAP MAGMATISM INTO SIBERIA -- 4.1. Late Paleozoic Tectonic Introduction -- 4.2. Late Paleozoic Kara - Siberia Collision and Global Paleozoic Reconstruction -- 4.3. Paleomagnetic Evidence from Siberian Large Igneous Province -- 5. MESOZOIC INTRAPLATE MOTIONS AND ITS REFLECTS IN THE EURASIA STRUCTURE -- 5.1. Brief Review -- 5.2. The Mongolo-Okhotsk Tectonic Province (Transbaikalia Region) -- 5.3. Implication of Trasbaikalia Paleomagnetic Evidence to Tectonic of Mongolo-Okhotsk Ocean Cloused -- 5.4. The Late Mesozoic Intraplate Magmatism of Minusa Depression (Central Asian Tectonic Province). 5.5. Lena Region of Siberian Platform (Verkhoyansk Trough) and Summary of Mesozoic Tectonic and Paleomagnetic Evidence for Siberia -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 GEODYNAMICS OF INDIAN FREE-BOARD: ARCHEAN-PROTEROZOIC COLLISION ZONES AND UNDERLYING LITHOSPHERE AND ITS RAPID DRIFT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF GRAVITY FIELD -- 2. GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS -- 3. BOUGUER ANOMALY MAP OF INDIA -- 4.1. Cenozoic Tectonics in Northern Part -- 4.2. Archean-Proterozoic Collision Zones of Indian Shield -- (i) Aravalli-Delhi Fold Belt (ADFB, H3) and Western Rajasthan (H4): -- (ii) Satpura Fold Belt (SFB, H6 - H8) -- (iii) Godavari Proterozoic Basin (L7 and Adjoining Gravity Highs) -- (iv) Peninsular Shield (L8-L12 -- H11-H12) and Connection to Madagascar -- (v) Southern Granulite Terrain (SGT) (L13-L15 -- H13-H14) -- (vi) Eastern Ghat Fold Belts and Adjoining Proterozoic Basins (H15 - H17 -- -- L12 - L13) and Extension in Sri Lanka -- 5. LITHOSPHERE UNDER INDIAN CONTINENT -- 5.1. Spectrum of Bouguer Anomaly Map of India -- 5.2. Low Pass Filtered Regional Map and Modelling along Profiles -- 6. CHAMP-SATELLITE MAGNETIC MAP OVER INDIA AND TIBET -- 6.1. Spectral Analysis of CHAMP Satellite Magnetic Data -- 7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- 7.1. Archean-Proterozoic Cratons and Fold Belts -- 7.2. Lithosphere under Indian Continent and its Rapid Drift -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 NATURE OF PERMIAN FAUNAS IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA: A KEY TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORY OF ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PREVIOUS WORK -- METHODS -- SCOPE OF PRESENT STUDY -- EARLY PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- Early Permian Fusulinids of the Craton -- Texas -- Arizona-New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Canada -- Early Permian Fusulinids in the Terranes -- McCloud Belt -- Wrangellia Terrane. Eastern Tethyan Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Fusulinid Faunas -- EARLY PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- Colonial Rugose Corals on the Craton -- Colonial Rugose Corals in the Terranes -- Relationships between Early Permian Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- INTERPRETATIONS OF EARLY PERMIAN FAUNAS -- Fusulinid Faunas -- Colonial Rugose Coral Faunas -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE EARLY PERMIAN -- Latitudinal Placement -- Longitudinal Placement -- FAUNAL CHANGES FROM EARLY TO MIDDLE PERMIAN -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN FUSULINIDS -- MIDDLE TO LATE PERMIAN COLONIAL RUGOSE CORALS -- PLACEMENT OF TERRANES IN THE MIDDLE PERMIAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 GEODYNAMIC EVOLUTION OF THE NORTH AFRICAN ATLASIC BELT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Main Geological Features -- High and Middle Atlas -- Saharan Atlas and Aurès Mounts -- Tunisian Atlas -- STRUCTURAL TRENDS IN THE ATLASIC BELT AND AFRICAN CRATON -- North-South Trends -- Béchar Suture -- Laghouat Trend -- Zibans High Zone -- Tébessa Trend -- Tunisian North-South Axis -- East-West to ENE to ESE Trends -- PALEOGEOGRAPHIC AND PALEOTECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE ATLASIC BASINS -- Triassic- Lias Rifting -- Middle to Late Jurassic Rifting -- Cretaceous Extensional Episodes (Aptian to Early Turonian) -- Early Aptian Rifting Episode -- Latest Albian Rifting Episode -- Latest Cenomanian to Early Turonian Rifting Episode -- Senonian Compressional Events -- Tertiary Folding -- PLATE KINEMATIC CONTROL ON THE ATLASIC DEFORMATIONS -- NEOTETHYS AND NORTH-EASTERN ATLASIC DOMAIN PALEOTECTONICS -- Overview of the Tunisian and Libyan Margin -- Pelagian Sea -- Sirte Basin -- Plate Tectonics and Neotethys Evolution -- Late Permian to Early Jurassic -- Cretaceous -- Tertiary -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES. Short Communication A 3D MORPHOLOGY OF PHASE MICROSCOPIC OBJECTS BY THE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE MICROSCOPY METHOD. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911138843203321 |
| New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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