Emplacement Mechanisms of Nappes and Thrust Sheets /
This book, filling an editorial gap, provides a comprehensive treatment of the emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets. In the first chapter the basic concepts of thrusting are explained and a short overview of thrust geometry is presented. In chapter 2 the problem of the emplacement of n...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1998.
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| Series: | Petrology and structural geology ;
9. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book, filling an editorial gap, provides a comprehensive treatment of the emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets. In the first chapter the basic concepts of thrusting are explained and a short overview of thrust geometry is presented. In chapter 2 the problem of the emplacement of nappes is discussed in its historical framework. The mechanical and kinematical models of nappe emplacement are presented in chapters 3 and 4. In the final chapter a number of examples from the Alpine chain is analyzed. Audience: This volume can be considered as a reference work of the utmost value for Earth scientists in general and can be used as a graduate text for courses addressing displacement geology. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 161 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401590600 (electronic bk.) 9401590605 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0924-1957 ; |