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An alternative hypothesis for the mid-Paleozoic Antler orogeny in Nevada / / by Keith B. Ketner
| An alternative hypothesis for the mid-Paleozoic Antler orogeny in Nevada / / by Keith B. Ketner |
| Autore | Ketner Keith B. <1921-2019, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 11 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Collana | Professional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny - Nevada
Thrust faults (Geology) - Nevada Orogeny Thrust faults (Geology) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708659603321 |
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| Reston, Virginia : , : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Compressional tectonics : plate convergence to mountain building / / edited by Elizabeth J. Catlos, İbrahim Çemen
| Compressional tectonics : plate convergence to mountain building / / edited by Elizabeth J. Catlos, İbrahim Çemen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ : , : American Geophysical Union, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (347 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.136 |
| Collana | Geophysical monograph |
| Soggetto topico |
Plate tectonics
Convergent margins Subduction zones Orogeny |
| ISBN |
1-119-77385-7
1-119-77386-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910726299603321 |
| Hoboken, NJ : , : American Geophysical Union, , [2023] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Description and development of the Cordilleran Orogenic Belt in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico / / by Harald Drewes
| Description and development of the Cordilleran Orogenic Belt in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico / / by Harald Drewes |
| Autore | Drewes Harald <1927-2015, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1991 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iv, 92 pages) : illustrations, maps + + 2 plates |
| Collana | U.S. Geological Survey professional paper |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny - Southwest, New
Orogeny - Mexico Geology, Structural - Southwest, New Geology, Structural - Mexico Geology, Structural Orogeny |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910709798803321 |
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Drewes Harald <1927-2015, >
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| Washington : , : Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 1991 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ecosystems and Land Use Changes
| Ecosystems and Land Use Changes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 441 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 551.1 |
| Collana | Geophysical monograph |
| Soggetto topico |
Core-mantle boundary
Orogeny |
| ISBN | 1-118-66598-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. Tectonics, Structure Geology, Regional Geophysics -- Section 2. Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Xenolith Studies -- Section 3. Controlled Source Seismic Studies -- Section 4. Passive Source Seismic Studies -- Section 5. Synthesis Papers. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199428603316 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Ecosystems and Land Use Changes
| Ecosystems and Land Use Changes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 441 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 551.1 |
| Collana | Geophysical monograph |
| Soggetto topico |
Core-mantle boundary
Orogeny |
| ISBN | 1-118-66598-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Section 1. Tectonics, Structure Geology, Regional Geophysics -- Section 2. Geochemistry, Geochronology, and Xenolith Studies -- Section 3. Controlled Source Seismic Studies -- Section 4. Passive Source Seismic Studies -- Section 5. Synthesis Papers. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830863003321 |
| [Place of publication not identified], : American Geophysical Union, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood
| Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.304
552.8 |
| Collana | International Association Of Sedimentologists Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Geology, Stratigraphic Sedimentation and deposition |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-17172-0
9786612171727 1-4443-0381-3 1-4443-0382-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143134503321 |
| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood
| Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.304
552.8 |
| Collana | International Association Of Sedimentologists Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Geology, Stratigraphic Sedimentation and deposition |
| ISBN |
1-282-17172-0
9786612171727 1-4443-0381-3 1-4443-0382-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910643838303321 |
| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood
| Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.304
552.8 |
| Collana | International Association Of Sedimentologists Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Geology, Stratigraphic Sedimentation and deposition |
| ISBN |
1-282-17172-0
9786612171727 1-4443-0381-3 1-4443-0382-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996202015003316 |
| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood
| Foreland basins / / edited P.A. Allen and P. Homewood |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| Disciplina |
551.304
552.8 |
| Collana | International Association Of Sedimentologists Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Orogeny
Geology, Stratigraphic Sedimentation and deposition |
| ISBN |
1-282-17172-0
9786612171727 1-4443-0381-3 1-4443-0382-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678127503321 |
| Oxford, [England] : , : Blackwell Scientific Publications, , 1986 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The formation of mountains / / Florian Neukirchen
| The formation of mountains / / Florian Neukirchen |
| Autore | Neukirchen Florian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.41 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geomorphology
Mountains Orogeny |
| ISBN |
9783031113857
9783031113840 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 The Structure of Mountains -- 1.1 The Riddle of the Glarus Thrust -- 1.2 Rocks and Dough -- 1.2.1 Fractures -- 1.2.2 Ductile Deformation -- 1.2.3 More or Less Competent -- 1.3 Types of Faults -- 1.4 Clefts -- 1.5 The Folded Jura -- 1.6 More About Folds and Thrusts -- 1.6.1 Folds and Overthrusts in the Helvetic Nappes -- 1.6.2 Duplex in the Moine Thrust Belt in Scotland -- 1.6.3 Backthrusts and Pop-Ups -- 1.7 Feldspar, Quartz and Mica -- 1.8 The Structure of Earth -- 1.9 Absolute and Relative Ages -- 1.10 A Short History of the Earth -- 1.10.1 Precambrian -- 1.10.2 Palaeozoic -- 1.10.3 Mesozoic -- 1.10.4 Cenozoic -- References -- 2 The Rock Cycle -- 2.1 Carbonates -- 2.1.1 The Reefs of the Dolomites -- 2.1.2 Dolomitisation -- 2.2 Karst -- 2.2.1 Karst Springs and Ponors -- 2.2.2 Travertine -- 2.2.3 Caves -- 2.2.4 Sinkholes, Uvalas and Poljes -- 2.2.5 Fluviokarst -- 2.2.6 Glaciokarst -- 2.2.7 Tropical Karst -- 2.3 Evaporites -- 2.3.1 Marine Evaporites -- 2.3.2 Salt Lakes and Salt Pans -- 2.3.3 Salt and Tectonics -- 2.4 From Weathering to Deposition -- 2.4.1 Chemical Weathering -- 2.4.2 Physical Weathering -- 2.4.3 Mass Movements -- 2.4.4 Rainfall on Slopes -- 2.4.5 Erosion, Transport and Deposition by Rivers -- 2.4.6 Turbidity Currents in the Sea -- 2.4.7 From Sand to Sandstone -- 2.5 The Power of Ice -- 2.6 Sandstone Tables and Towers -- 2.6.1 Elbe Sandstone Mountains -- 2.6.2 Meteora -- 2.6.3 Wulingyuan -- 2.6.4 Tepui -- 2.7 Metamorphism -- 2.7.1 When Little Happens -- 2.7.2 Metamorphism of Basalt -- 2.7.3 Metamorphism of Claystone -- 2.7.4 P-T Paths and Large Crystals -- 2.8 Magmas -- 2.8.1 Melting in the Mantle -- 2.8.2 Differentiation of Magmas -- 2.8.3 Alkaline Rocks -- 2.8.4 Granite -- Literature -- 3 Of Moving Plates, Volcanoes and Uplift -- Abstract.
3.1 Alfred Wegener and His Continental Drift -- 3.2 From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics -- 3.3 How Volcanoes Work -- 3.3.1 Hawaiian and Strombolian Eruptions -- 3.3.2 When Magma Meets Water -- 3.3.3 Ash Eruptions and Plinian Eruptions -- 3.3.4 Lava Domes and Obsidian Flows -- 3.3.5 Glowing Clouds and Lahars -- 3.3.6 Calderas and Ring Complexes -- 3.3.7 Fumaroles and Hydrothermal Systems -- 3.4 Mid-Ocean Ridges and the Oceanic Crust -- 3.4.1 Ophiolite Complexes in Cyprus and Oman -- 3.4.2 Naked Mantle Without a Shell -- 3.5 Uplift of a Mountain Range -- 3.5.1 Playing with Buoyancy -- 3.5.2 Denudation Rates -- 3.5.3 Uplift and Tectonics -- 3.6 Mountains and Climate -- 3.6.1 Volcanic Eruptions and Climate -- 3.6.2 Mountains and Climate Change -- References -- 4 Mountains and Plunging Plates: Subduction Zones -- 4.1 Island Arcs and Active Continental Margins -- 4.1.1 Accretionary Wedge or Abrasive Paper -- 4.1.2 Magmas and Metamorphism -- 4.1.3 Diving into Hell -- 4.1.4 Compression and Extension -- 4.1.5 Mariana Arc -- 4.1.6 Sunda Arc in Indonesia -- 4.2 The Andes -- 4.2.1 Central Chile to Northern Patagonia -- 4.2.2 Aconcagua and the Sierras Pampeanas -- 4.2.3 Central Andes and the Altiplano -- 4.2.4 Snow White Behind the 30 Mountain Giants -- 4.2.5 Ecuador, Colombia and a Detour to Central America -- 4.2.6 Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego -- 4.3 Subduction and Accretion on the Western Margin of North America -- 4.3.1 Mexico -- 4.3.2 The Mountains of the Western USA -- 4.3.3 The Rocky Mountains in Canada -- 4.4 Collision of Island Arcs and Obduction of Ophiolites -- 4.4.1 New Guinea -- 4.4.2 Taiwan -- 4.4.3 Philippines -- References -- 5 Strike-Slip Faults with Complications -- 5.1 The Dead Sea and Mount Lebanon -- 5.2 Red River and Ailao Shan -- 5.3 The Southern Alps of New Zealand -- 5.4 Alaska -- 5.5 Altai -- References. 6 Great Rifts and Hot Spots -- 6.1 Hotspots and the Highest Mountains in the World -- 6.1.1 Hawaii -- 6.1.2 The Canary Islands -- 6.1.3 Iceland -- 6.1.4 Flood Basalts -- 6.1.5 Yellowstone -- 6.2 Introduction to Continental Rifting -- 6.3 The East African Rift -- 6.3.1 The Ethiopian Highlands, Afar, and the Turkana Depression -- 6.3.2 The Western Branch of the Rift System -- 6.3.3 The Eastern Branch of the Rift System -- 6.4 Rifts and Uplands in Central Europe -- 6.4.1 Upper Rhine Graben, Black Forest and Vosges -- 6.4.2 Alcove Lands and Swabian Jura -- 6.4.3 Ore Mountains, Thuringian Forest and Harz Mountains -- 6.5 The High Atlas -- 6.6 Mountains on Passive Continental Margins -- 6.6.1 Western Ghats in India -- 6.6.2 The Cape Fold Belt and the Great Escarpment in South Africa -- 6.6.3 Uplift in Scandinavia -- 6.7 Collision and Collapse in the Wild West -- 6.7.1 Basin and Range Province -- 6.7.2 The Recent Uplift of the Sierra Nevada -- 6.7.3 The Teton Range -- References -- 7 The Roof of the World: High Mountains of Asia -- 7.1 Himalaya -- 7.1.1 The Early Stage of Collision -- 7.1.2 The Deep Structure of the Collision Zone -- 7.1.3 The Nappe Stack -- 7.1.4 Channel Flow or Orogenic Wedge? -- 7.1.5 Uplift, Erosion and Climate -- 7.1.6 Both Ends of the Himalayas -- 7.2 Evasive Crustal Blocks -- 7.3 Tibet -- 7.3.1 The Terranes of Tibet -- 7.3.2 Uplift and Deformation of the Plateau -- 7.4 Karakoram, Ladakh and Hindu Kush -- 7.5 High Mountains in Central Asia -- 7.5.1 Pamir -- 7.5.2 Tian Shan -- 7.6 High-Pressure Rocks: Into the Depths and Back Again -- 7.6.1 Accretionary Wedge and Subduction Channel -- 7.6.2 Continental Ultra-High-Pressure Rocks -- 7.6.3 Eclogites on the Nordfjord in Norway -- 7.7 A Patchwork Quilt in the Middle East -- 7.7.1 Zagros -- 7.7.2 Alborz and Kopetdag -- 7.7.3 Caucasus -- 7.7.4 Anatolia -- References. 8 The Alps and Their Siblings -- 8.1 An Overview of the Alps -- 8.2 An Ocean Emerges -- 8.2.1 A Shallow Sea Floods the Continent -- 8.2.2 Opening of a Deep Ocean -- 8.2.3 Eo-Alpine Orogeny and the Austroalpine Nappes -- 8.2.4 The Maximum Extent of the Ocean -- 8.3 The Collision in the Alps -- 8.3.1 The Accretion Wedge Becomes a Mountain Range -- 8.3.2 Around Zermatt -- 8.3.3 Slab Break-Off and Late Phase of Mountain Building -- 8.3.4 A View Through the Tauern Window -- 8.3.5 The Recent History -- 8.4 Between the Apennines and Gibraltar -- 8.4.1 Corsica and Sardinia -- 8.4.2 Apennine Mountains -- 8.4.3 Tell Atlas, Rif and Betic Cordillera -- 8.4.4 Calabria, Sicily and the Volcanoes of South Italy -- 8.5 Pyrenees -- 8.6 East of the Alps and the Adriatic Sea -- 8.6.1 Dinarides and Hellenides -- 8.6.2 Hellenic Arc and the Aegean Sea -- 8.6.3 Carpathians and Balkan Mountains -- 8.7 Time Travel to the Palaeozoic Mountain Formations -- 8.7.1 The Caledonian Orogeny -- 8.7.2 The Variscan Orogeny -- Literature -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Neukirchen Florian
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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