Understanding an orogenic belt : structural evolution of the Himalaya /

Understanding an orogenic belt : structural evolution of the Himalaya /

The book provides a model for the structural evolution of the Himalaya with relevant background information making it easily accessible to earth scientists specializing in other areas. The book is divided into two parts: The first part describes the basic principles of structural geology that are re...

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Author / Creator:Dubey, Ashok Kumar, author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 401 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:Springer Geology
Springer geology.
Subject:Orogenic belts -- Himalaya Mountains.
Earth Sciences.
Structural Geology.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
Orogenic belts.
Himalaya Mountains.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11086296
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ISBN:9783319055886
3319055887
3319055879
9783319055879
9783319055879
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2014).
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Summary:The book provides a model for the structural evolution of the Himalaya with relevant background information making it easily accessible to earth scientists specializing in other areas. The book is divided into two parts: The first part describes the basic principles of structural geology that are required to understand the evolutionary model described in the second part. The book incorporates some of the commonly ignored structural features, such as Pre-Himalayan rift tectonics, reactivation of faults, simultaneous development of folds and thrust faults, superposed folds, strike-slip faults developed during early and superposed deformation, problems with GPS data, erratic crustal shortening obtained by restoration of deformed sections, etc. The proposed model is essentially based on inversion tectonics and provides answers to some previously unresolved questions. It describes in detail the structure of the Himalaya as a primary arc, with supporting evidence from model deformation under controlled boundary conditions and anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility studies.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783319055879
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-05588-6

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