Author: Trygve StrandPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
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.
Studies of the Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Trygve StrandPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
British-Scandinavian Caledonides /[Tectonics Studies Group of the Geological Society].
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Author: The Scandinavian Caledonides as Studied by Centrifuged Dynamic Models
Author: Hans RambergThe 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.
The Caledonide Orogen
Author: D. G. GeePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
British-Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Thrust Related Strain Studies in the Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Nick J. MiltonEarly Structural and Metamorphic Evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides
Author: Lena Gunlög AlbrechtPublisher:
ISBN: 9789186746339
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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