Author: Richard D. Law
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781862398511
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.
Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones
Author: Richard D. Law
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781862398511
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781862398511
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.
Channel Flow, Ductile Extrusion and Exhumation in Continental Collision Zones
Author: Richard D. Law
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392090
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392090
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
This volume includes sections on: Evolution of ideas on channel flow and ductile extrusion in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau system; Modeling channel flow and ductile extrusion processes; Geological constraints on channel flow and ductile extrusion as an important orogenic process in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau, the Hellenides and Appalachians, and the Canadian Cordillera.
Ductile Shear Zones
Author: Soumyajit Mukherjee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118844947
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology more generally. This book comprises a collection of five theoretical and twelve regional contributions to the subject from a number of leading researchers in the field, with particular emphasis on work carried out in the Indian subcontinent. The book will be invaluable to advances students and researchers involved in the kinematics of shear.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118844947
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The elucidation of the mechanisms and kinematics of shear zone deformation, at both local and regional scales, is the subject of a great deal of interest to scientists in the hydrocarbon industry, in seismology, and in structural geology more generally. This book comprises a collection of five theoretical and twelve regional contributions to the subject from a number of leading researchers in the field, with particular emphasis on work carried out in the Indian subcontinent. The book will be invaluable to advances students and researchers involved in the kinematics of shear.
Colliding Continents
Author: M. P. Searle
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199653003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199653003
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Gargantuan geological forces created the spectacular mountain ranges of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Mike Searle, one of the world's most experienced field geologists, tells the scientific story, illustrating it with his own photographs, and accounts of his mountaineering and research in the region.
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Building
Author: Richard D. Law
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862393004
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The thematic set of 32 papers in this Special Publication celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1907 Memoir on The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland by placing the original findings in both historical and modern contexts, and juxtaposing them against present-day studies of deformation processes operating not only in the NW Highlands, but also in other mountain belts.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862393004
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The thematic set of 32 papers in this Special Publication celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1907 Memoir on The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland by placing the original findings in both historical and modern contexts, and juxtaposing them against present-day studies of deformation processes operating not only in the NW Highlands, but also in other mountain belts.
Himalayan Tectonics
Author: P.J. Treloar
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204053
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet mountain belt resulted from Cenozoic collision of India and Asia and is frequently used as the type example of a continental collision orogenic belt. The last quarter of a century has seen the publication of a remarkably detailed dataset relevant to the evolution of this belt. Detailed fieldwork backed up by state-of-the-art structural analysis, geochemistry, mineral chemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, isotope chemistry, sedimentology and geophysics produced a wide-ranging archive of data-rich scientific papers. The rationale for this book is to provide a coherent overview of these datasets in addressing the evolution of the mountain ranges we see today. This volume comprises 21 specially invited review papers on the Himalaya, Kohistan arc, Tibet, the Karakoram and Pamir ranges. These papers span the history of Himalayan research, chronology of the collision, stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic processes, structural geology and tectonics, seismicity, geophysics, and the evolution of the Indian monsoon. This landmark set of papers should underpin the next 25 years of Himalayan research.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204053
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
The Himalaya–Karakoram–Tibet mountain belt resulted from Cenozoic collision of India and Asia and is frequently used as the type example of a continental collision orogenic belt. The last quarter of a century has seen the publication of a remarkably detailed dataset relevant to the evolution of this belt. Detailed fieldwork backed up by state-of-the-art structural analysis, geochemistry, mineral chemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, isotope chemistry, sedimentology and geophysics produced a wide-ranging archive of data-rich scientific papers. The rationale for this book is to provide a coherent overview of these datasets in addressing the evolution of the mountain ranges we see today. This volume comprises 21 specially invited review papers on the Himalaya, Kohistan arc, Tibet, the Karakoram and Pamir ranges. These papers span the history of Himalayan research, chronology of the collision, stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic processes, structural geology and tectonics, seismicity, geophysics, and the evolution of the Indian monsoon. This landmark set of papers should underpin the next 25 years of Himalayan research.
Tectonics of the Himalaya
Author: S. Mukherjee
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862397031
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The Himalayan mountain belt, which developed during the India–Asia collision starting about 55 Ma ago, is a dramatically active orogen and it is regarded as the classic collisional orogen. It is characterized by an impressively continuous 2500 km of tectonic units, thrusts and normal faults, as well as large volumes of high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites exposed at the surface. This constitutes an invaluable field laboratory, where amazing crustal sections can be observed directly in very deep gorges. It is possible to unravel the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of litho-units, to observe the mechanisms of exhumation of deep-seated rocks and the propagation of the deformation. Himalayan tectonics has been the target of many studies from numerous international researchers over the years. In the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data and theories from both geological and geophysical perspectives. This book presents the results of integrated multidisciplinary studies, including geology, petrology, magmatism, geochemistry, geochronology and geophysics, of the structures and processes affecting the continental lithosphere. These processes and their spatial and temporal evolution have major consequences on the geometry and kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision zone.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862397031
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
The Himalayan mountain belt, which developed during the India–Asia collision starting about 55 Ma ago, is a dramatically active orogen and it is regarded as the classic collisional orogen. It is characterized by an impressively continuous 2500 km of tectonic units, thrusts and normal faults, as well as large volumes of high-grade metamorphic rocks and granites exposed at the surface. This constitutes an invaluable field laboratory, where amazing crustal sections can be observed directly in very deep gorges. It is possible to unravel the tectonic and metamorphic evolution of litho-units, to observe the mechanisms of exhumation of deep-seated rocks and the propagation of the deformation. Himalayan tectonics has been the target of many studies from numerous international researchers over the years. In the last 15 years there has been an explosion of data and theories from both geological and geophysical perspectives. This book presents the results of integrated multidisciplinary studies, including geology, petrology, magmatism, geochemistry, geochronology and geophysics, of the structures and processes affecting the continental lithosphere. These processes and their spatial and temporal evolution have major consequences on the geometry and kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision zone.
Growth and Collapse of the Tibetan Plateau
Author: Richard Gloaguen
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862393264
Category : Boundary layer (Meteorology)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Despite agreement on first-order features and mechanisms, critical aspects of the origin and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, such as the exact timing and nature of collision, the initiation of plateau uplift, and the evolution of its height and width, are disputed, untested or unknown. This book gathers papers dealing with the growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau. The timing, the underlying mechanisms, their interactions and the induced surface shaping, contributing to the Tibetan Plateau evolution are tightly linked via coupled and feedback processes. We present interdisciplinary contributions allowing insight into the complex interactions between lithospheric dynamics, topography building, erosion, hydrological processes and atmospheric coupling. The book is structured in four parts: early processes in the plateau formation; recent growth of the Tibetan Plateau; mechanisms of plateau growth; and plateau uplift, surface processes and the monsoon.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862393264
Category : Boundary layer (Meteorology)
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Despite agreement on first-order features and mechanisms, critical aspects of the origin and evolution of the Tibetan Plateau, such as the exact timing and nature of collision, the initiation of plateau uplift, and the evolution of its height and width, are disputed, untested or unknown. This book gathers papers dealing with the growth and collapse of the Tibetan Plateau. The timing, the underlying mechanisms, their interactions and the induced surface shaping, contributing to the Tibetan Plateau evolution are tightly linked via coupled and feedback processes. We present interdisciplinary contributions allowing insight into the complex interactions between lithospheric dynamics, topography building, erosion, hydrological processes and atmospheric coupling. The book is structured in four parts: early processes in the plateau formation; recent growth of the Tibetan Plateau; mechanisms of plateau growth; and plateau uplift, surface processes and the monsoon.
Compressional Tectonics
Author: Elizabeth J. Catlos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119773865
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Compressional Tectonics A synthesis of current knowledge on collisional and convergent plate boundaries worldwide Major mountain belts on Earth, such as the Alps, Himalayas, and Appalachians, have been built by compressional tectonic processes during continent-continent and arc-continent collisions. Understanding their formation and evolution is important because of the hazards associated with convergent and collisional plate boundaries, and because these mountain belts contain resources such as precious metals, rare earth elements, oil, gas, and coal. Compressional Tectonics: Plate Convergence to Mountain Building reviews our present-day knowledge of the tectonic evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan and Appalachian belts. Volume highlights include: Overview of terminology relating to compressional and contractional tectonics Discussion of subduction zone dynamics Debates over the timing of the collision and convergence of particular subduction and suture zones Examples of the different stages in the development of orogenic belts This book is one of a set of three in the collection Tectonic Processes: A Global View. The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119773865
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Compressional Tectonics A synthesis of current knowledge on collisional and convergent plate boundaries worldwide Major mountain belts on Earth, such as the Alps, Himalayas, and Appalachians, have been built by compressional tectonic processes during continent-continent and arc-continent collisions. Understanding their formation and evolution is important because of the hazards associated with convergent and collisional plate boundaries, and because these mountain belts contain resources such as precious metals, rare earth elements, oil, gas, and coal. Compressional Tectonics: Plate Convergence to Mountain Building reviews our present-day knowledge of the tectonic evolution of the Alpine-Himalayan and Appalachian belts. Volume highlights include: Overview of terminology relating to compressional and contractional tectonics Discussion of subduction zone dynamics Debates over the timing of the collision and convergence of particular subduction and suture zones Examples of the different stages in the development of orogenic belts This book is one of a set of three in the collection Tectonic Processes: A Global View. The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.
Myanmar
Author: A.J. Barber
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862399697
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
Myanmar is a country vastly rich in gold, silver, base metals, tin–tungsten, gems and hydrocarbons and is one of the last exploration frontiers remaining in the world. Tectonically Myanmar lies at the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountain Chain and over the last 50 Ma has been profoundly affected by the collision between India and Eurasia, which is still ongoing, with frequent destructive earthquakes. Recent advances have been made in understanding the results of the collision, through the study of geochronology, seismicity, stratigraphy and structure. The development of a systematic mapping programme has been restricted by problems of access, due to limited infrastructure and armed insurgencies, meaning that large areas of the country have not been explored adequately. Recent political changes and reforms, with reconciliations with various ethnic groups, however, will permit access to large areas in Kayin, Kayah, Shan and Kachin States, enabling further research and exploration in new crustal blocks and terranes. In this Memoir a group of Myanmar and international geologists have combined to include all that is currently known about the geology of Myanmar, its mineral and energy resources and its tectonic development.
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1862399697
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 769
Book Description
Myanmar is a country vastly rich in gold, silver, base metals, tin–tungsten, gems and hydrocarbons and is one of the last exploration frontiers remaining in the world. Tectonically Myanmar lies at the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountain Chain and over the last 50 Ma has been profoundly affected by the collision between India and Eurasia, which is still ongoing, with frequent destructive earthquakes. Recent advances have been made in understanding the results of the collision, through the study of geochronology, seismicity, stratigraphy and structure. The development of a systematic mapping programme has been restricted by problems of access, due to limited infrastructure and armed insurgencies, meaning that large areas of the country have not been explored adequately. Recent political changes and reforms, with reconciliations with various ethnic groups, however, will permit access to large areas in Kayin, Kayah, Shan and Kachin States, enabling further research and exploration in new crustal blocks and terranes. In this Memoir a group of Myanmar and international geologists have combined to include all that is currently known about the geology of Myanmar, its mineral and energy resources and its tectonic development.