Anatomy of an orogen : the Apennines and adjacent Mediterranean basins /

This is the first book in English reviewing and updating the geology of the whole Apennines, one of the recent most uplifted mountains in the world. The Apennines are the place from which Steno (1669) first stated the principles of geology. The Apennines also represent amongst others, the finding/te...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Vai, Gian Battista, Martini, Peter
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]
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Table of Contents:
  • Figure 3.3 Synthetic structural-kinematic map of Italy
  • Fig. 4.3. Maps showing a P-wave velocity model for the upper mantle structure beneath Italy
  • Fig. 4.5. Cross sections through the Apennines
  • Fig. 7.2. Heat flow map of Italy and surrounding seas
  • Fig. 7.4. Upper crust thermal sections across the Northern and Southern Apennines
  • Fig. 11.1. Map showing a tectonic scheme of Liguride units of the Northern Apennines
  • Fig. 27.3. Moment release from large historical earthquakes, 1000 to 1990 and Moment release from instrumental earthquakes, 1985 to 1996
  • Fig. 27.8. [Seismogenic faulting, moment release patterns, and transverse lineaments along the central and southern Apennines].