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Geosynclines is devoted to the geosynclines concept, which states that the most elevated parts of the earth's crust-the mountains-had risen by a gigantic inversion of relief from the more depressed regions where they had originated. This book re-examines the concept in light of further geological evidence. The book is organized into four parts. Part I presents a detailed account of the birth and development of the geosynclinal concept. It shows that only the European (Alpine) concept of the geosyncline involves a fundamental palaeogeographical differentiation of mountain chains, and that it is.
Front Cover; Geosynclines; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures and Tables; CHAPTER 1. Introduction; PART I: Historical Review: Birth and Development of the Geosynclinal Concept; CHAPTER 2. The Birth of the Geosynclinal Concept; J. HALL (1859); J.D. DANA (1866, 1873); E. HAUG (1900); CONCLUSIONS: THE AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN CONCEPTIONS OF THE GEOSYNCLINE; CHAPTER 3. The Attempts at Classification of Geosynclines; C. SCHUCHERT (1923); H. STILLE (1913-1940); M. KAY (1942-1951); A.V. PEYVE AND V.M. SINITZYN (1950); CONCLUSIONS
PART II: The Geosynclinal Concept as Illustrated by the Mediterranean Chains of the Alpine CycleCHAPTER 4. The Hellenides; INTRODUCTION; PALAEOGEOGRAPHICAL AND STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5. The Organizational or Structural Pattern of a Geosyncline; INTRODUCTION; THE SIMPLE (OR ELEMENTARY) GEOSYNCLINE: THE EU-MIOGEO-SYNCLINE COUPLE; COMPLEX GEOSYNCLINES: DIVERGENT (CENTRIFUGAL) AND CONVERGENT (CENTRIPETAL) SYMMETRY; FURROWS, RIDGES, SIAL AND SIMA; CHAPTER 6. The Evolutionary Pattern of a Geosyncline; INTRODUCTION; THE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERN AT THE LEVEL OF THE FURROW
THE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERN AT THE LEVEL OF THE ELEMENTARY GEOSYNCLINETHE EVOLUTIONARY PATTERN AT THE LEVEL OF THE COMPLEX GEOSYNCLINE; CHAPTER 7. Conclusions; GEOSYNCLINAL ORGANIZATION; GEOSYNCLINAL EVOLUTION; PART III: Some Characteristics of Geosynclines as Illustrated by the Mediterranean Chains of the Alpine Cycle; CHAPTER 8. Geosynclinal Sedimentation; THICKNESS OF GEOSYNCLINAL SEDIMENTS; GEOSYNCLINAL FACIES; GEOSYNCLINAL SUBSIDENCE; CHAPTER 9. Metamorphism and the Geosynclinal Concept; CHAPTER 10. Igneous Activity and the Geosynclinal Concept; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; THE OPHIOLITES
CHAPTER 11. Geosynclinal TectonicsGENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; INTRACONTINENTAL CHAINS; GEOSYNCLINAL CHAINS; CLARIFICATION OF THE TERM NAPPE; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 12. Geosynclinal Orogenesis (and Tectogenesis); GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; GEOSYNCLINAL OROGENESIS; GEOSYNCLINAL TECTOGENESIS; THE PROBLEM OF EMBRYONIC TECTOGENESIS; CHAPTER 13. The Siting of Geosynclines; GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; GEOSYNCLINAL MIGRATION; THE GENESIS OF GEOSYNCLINES; PART IV. Extension of the Geosynclinal Concept in the Alpine Sense in Space and Time; CHAPTER 14. The Geosynclinal Concept and the Present Epoch
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONSTHE POST-GEOSYNCLINAL PERIOD: THE MEDITERRANEAN; THE LATE-GEOSYNCLINAL PERIOD: THE SUNDA ISLANDS; THE GEOSYNCLINAL PERIOD; CHAPTER 15. The Geosynclinal Concept and the Pre-Alpine Period; THE HERCYNIAN (VARISCAN) CHAIN IN EUROPE; GEOSYNCLINAL SERIES; LATE-GEOSYNCLINAL SERIES; POST-GEOSYNCLINAL SERIES; THE CALEDONIAN CHAIN IN EUROPE: SCANDINAVIA; THE PRECAMBRIAN CHAIN IN EUROPE: FINLAND; PART V: Synthesis; CHAPTER 16. General Conclusions; THE GEOSYNCLINAL PATTERN OF ORGANIZATION; THE GEOSYNCLINAL PATTERN OF EVOLUTION; COMPARISON WITH OLDER CHAINS; References; Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309).
Amsterdam, New York, Elsevier Pub. Co., 1965