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The Western Alps, from Rift to Passive Margin to Orogenic Belt addresses the evolution of the Alpine fold belt for the first time in the English language. It builds on classical Alpine geological studies made since the start of the 19th century by combining that research with modern results obtained over the past 50 years using new marine geological and geophysical technologies. The book thus provides an integrated overview of the evolution of the Alps from rift to passive margin to the present fold belt over a significant time span.

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Author:   Pierre-Charles de Graciansky (Paris, France) ,  David G. Roberts ,  Pierre Tricart (BP, Grenoble, France)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science & Technology
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Edition:   14th edition
Volume:   v. 14
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9780444537249

ISBN 10:   0444537244
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   06 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: From geosynclinal theory to plate tectonics in understanding folded belts2/3 The birth of the Alpine fold belt at the expense of the now vanished Tethyan Ocean and its continental margins4: The permanence of Hercynian heritage in Tethyan then Alpine structures5 et 6: The initiation of Tethyan rifting on the future European margin7: The evolution of Tethyan rifting on the future European margin and the transition to oceanic spreading8: The Valais Ocean controversy and the change from Tethyan spreading to Alpin shortening9: The Tethyan margin in Corsica10: A brief summary of the Apulian margin in the Eastern Alps in Italy and in the Grisons of Switzerland11: Alpine ophiolites in the Western Alps. Reconstruction of the Tethyan oceanic crust12: Recapitulation et overview13: From extension to shortening ; inversion on the European Tethyan margin and th start of orogenesis in the Western and Central Alps14: The birth of the Western and Central Alps : subduction, obduction, collision15: The Alps – Neotectonics16: Summary, discussion. Interpretation of Alpine stratigraphic sections in terms of Sequence Stratigraphy

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