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Providing a treatment of the emplacement mechanisms of nappes and thrust sheets, this text begins by explaining the basic concepts of thrusting and thrust geometry. It then discusses the problem of the emplacement of nappes in its historical framework, and the mechanical and kinematical models of nappe emplacement. The book ends with an analysis of a number of examples from the Alpine chain. It is intended as a reference work for Earth scientists in general and as a graduate text for courses addressing displacement geology.

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Olivier Merle is a specialist in the relationship between deformation and displacement in nappes and thrusts. He has worked at the University of Arizona (USA) on thrusts in the Colorado Plateau and has carried out experimental research at the University of Texas at Austin. Olivier Merle was awarded the French CNRS Bronze Medal in 1992.

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