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Author:   N. Harris ,  J. Whalley
Publisher:   Open University Worldwide
Imprint:   Open University Worldwide
Edition:   3rd Revised edition
Volume:   No. 4
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 27.50cm
ISBN:  

9780749235512

ISBN 10:   0749235519
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   01 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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CONTENTS Introduction - The Himalyan collision - Unravelling an orogenic belt Structure produced at high crustal level - Tectonic units of the Outer Zone - Thrust zones - Strike-slip zones and linked fault systems - Basement reactivation - Propagate or slip - Rock farics associated with upper crustal deformation Structures produced at deeper levels in the crust - the Caledonian Orogenic Belt in Scotland - Large-scale inner Zone structures - Shear zones - Ductile deformation outside shear zones Using structures - kinematics - Fault kinematics - Shear zone kinematics Using structures - chronology - Multiple events in folded rocks - The chronology of thrust systems - Discrete and progressive deformation sequences Heat Flow and Metamorphism - Thermal history - Metamorphic petrology - Metamorphism during mountain building The Himalaya and Tibet: a case study of collision - The Tethyan Suture zone - Convergence and magmatism - Thickening of the Tibetan lithosphere - Tectonics of the Central Himalaya - Techtonics of the Westerm Himalaya - The regional structure of the Himalays

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