Author: Lena Gunlög AlbrechtPublisher:
ISBN: 9789186746339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Early Structural and Metamorphic Evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Lena Gunlög AlbrechtPublisher:
ISBN: 9789186746339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
New Perspectives on the Caledonides of Scandinavia and Related Areas
Author: F. CorfuPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 186239377X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
The Caledonides are a major orogenic belt that stretches from the Arctic, through Scandinavia, East Greenland, Britain and Ireland into the Atlantic coast of North America. Following the break-up of Rodinia, the Caledonides formed in the Palaeozoic by the drifting of various continents and their eventual aggregation in the Silurian and Devonian. The orogen subsequently fragmented during the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. This volume brings together 25 papers presenting the results of modern research that investigates the orogenic processes and the provenance of specific components of the belt. The contributions reflect different lines of research, linking traditional field studies with modern analytical techniques. In addition three overview papers summarize the main features of the belts in Scandinavia, Svalbard, East Greenland, Britain and Ireland, highlighting the advances made since the last major synthesis of the Scandinavian Caledonides 30 years ago, and discussing important open questions.
Pannotia to Pangaea
Author: B. MurphyPublisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 1786204924
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Special Publication 503 celebrates the career of R. Damian Nance. It features 27 articles, with more than 110 authors based in 18 different countries. These articles include contributions on the processes responsible for the formation and breakup of supercontinents, the controversies concerning the status of Pannotia as a supercontinent, the generation and destruction of Paleozoic oceans, and the development of the Appalachian-Ouachitan-Caledonide-Variscan orogens. In addition to field work, the approaches to gain that understanding include examining the relationships between stratigraphy and structural geology, precise geochronology, geochemical and isotopic fingerprinting, geodynamic modelling, regional syntheses, palaeogeographic modelling, and good old-fashioned arm-waving! The wide range of topics mirrors the breadth and depth of Damian’s contributions, interests and expertise. Like Damian’s papers, the contributions range from the predominantly conceptual to detailed field work, but all are targeted at understanding important tectonic processes. Their scope not only varies in scale from global to regional to local, but also in the range of approaches required to gain that understanding.
Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Trygve StrandPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Caledonide Geology of Scandinavia
Author: R.A. GayerPublisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
work on structural and stratigraphic relationships is presented from various parts of the mountain belt. In the first paper of the section, R. O. Greiling (Heidelberg) describes the Middle Allochthon of Vasterbotten, northern Sweden, where tectonic windows through the Upper Allochthon (Seve Nappe) show that the Middle Allochthon has a similar lithostratigraphy to that of the Stalon Nappe Complex of the eastern Caledonian margin but with a more ductile deformation and metamorphosed to a higher grade following thrust emplacement. These relations are explained by suggesting that the window rocks were initially subducted beneath a colliding western plate but were later accreted to the base of the western plate and thrust with it. The thrust geometry of the windows, described as antiformal stacks, agrees with this model. The Middle Allochthon of the Caledonian margin in northern Sweden is described by R. O. Greiling and R. Kumpulainen (Heidelberg and Stockholm) who record two distinct metasedimentary units separated by a thick zone of mylonites interpreted as a lateral thrust ramp. Turbidites in the northern unit were derived from an unidentified igneous source to the east and cannot be correlated with other sequences in the Middle Allochthon. In another paper dealing with the northern Swedish Caledonides, L. Hansen (Uppsala) describes down-to-the-west normal faults cutting the autochthonous Cambrian sediments in the tunnel sections of the Vietas Hydropower Station, but themselves being truncated by the basal decollement of the Lower Allochthon.
Structure, Metamorphism, and Geochronology of the Singis-Nikkaluokta Region, Arctic Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Laurence Michael PagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Structural and Metamorphic History of Skanland, North Norway, and Its Significance for Tectonics in Scandinavia
Author: Mark Gregory SteltenpohlPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Structural Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Sognefjord Transect, Caledonian Orogen, Southern Norway
Author: A. G. MilnesPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813700191
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The Sognefjord transect through the Lower to Middle Paleozoic Caledonian orogenic belt in southern Norway provides a superb and exceptionally well-documented example of late collisional, Alpine-type tectonics. This field guide is the first synthesis of the region to include detailed locality descriptions.
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