250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy

250 Million Years of Earth History in Central Italy
Author: Christian Koeberl
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2019-11-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0813725429

"The Umbria-Marche Apennines are entirely made of marine sedimentary rocks, representing a continuous record of the geotectonic evolution of an epeiric sea from the Early Triassic to the Pleistocene. The book includes reviews and original research works accomplished with the support of the Geological Observatory of Coldigioco"--

Tectonics of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa

Tectonics of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa
Author: G. Moratti
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2006
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781862392021

This book provides an updated insight into the overall tectonic evolution of the Western Mediterranean region and North Africa. The tectonic setting of the region reflects a long-lived and complex evolution, mainly related to the Alpine Orogeny. This inheritance is expressed by an intricate pattern of arc-shaped mountain chains, the Alps, the Betic-Rif Cordilleras and the Apennine-Maghrebian belt, whose southern branches mark the present limit between the African and Eurasian plates. The volume covers the Maghrebian chains in North Africa, from Tunisia to Morocco and the Western and Central Mediterranean, from Spain to Italy from the pre-orogenic phases (Palaeozoic-Mesozoic) to the post-collisional neotectonic and Quaternary development. It includes both original research papers and syntheses dealing with the aspects of structural, sedimentary, metamorphic, marine geology.

Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco

Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco
Author: André Michard
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2008-09-26
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540770763

Morocco is one of the most fascinating lands in the world from the point of view of its geological structure and evolution. Our knowledge on the geology of the country has been greatly improved during the last decades, based on numerous seismic profiles and boreholes, seismological analysis of focal mechanisms, seismic tomography, gravimetric/geodetic modelling and, on the other hand, based on a big National Program of Geological Mapping including modern geochemical analyses (trace elements) and reliable isotopic datings (39Ar-40Ar, U-Pb zircon, Sm-Nd, etc). Moreover, a number of academic studies have been performed in relation with the increasing number of Moroccan universities. Accordingly, there was an utmost urgency to undertake a new treatise of Moroccan geology which could substitute for the classical Eléments de géologie marocaine, published in 1976 by A. Michard in the Notes et Mémoires du Service géologique du Maroc (re-edited twice since 1976, with more than 6000 copies sold, and... translated in Japanese for engineers!). A new treatise has been prepared between April 2006 and July 2007 under the coordination of A. Michard, assisted by O. Saddiqi, and A. Chalouan, by a wide panel of authors from Morocco, France or Belgium among the best connoisseurs of the country. In order to emphasize the general interest of the book, we finally retain the following title: Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco. Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the Africa-Atlantic-Mediterranean Triple junction. The editing and production of this book was supported by the following organisations: The Geological Society of France (SGF) The National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines of Morocco (ONHYM) The International Lithosphere Program (ILP)

Anatomy of an Orogen: The Apennines and Adjacent Mediterranean Basins

Anatomy of an Orogen: The Apennines and Adjacent Mediterranean Basins
Author: F. Vai
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2013-12-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401598290

This is the first book in English reviewing and updating the geology of the whole Apennines, one of the recent most uplifted mountains in the world. The Apennines are the place from which Steno (1669) first stated the principles of geology. The Apennines also represent amongst others, the finding/testing sites of processes and products like volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, olistostromes and mélanges (argille scagliose), salinity crisis, geothermal fluids, thrust-top basins, and turbidites (first represented in a famous Leonardo's painting). As such, the Apennines are a testing and learning ground readily accessible and rich of any type of field data. A growing literature is available most of which is not published in widely available journals. The objective of the book is to provide a synthesis of current data and ideas on the Apennines, for the most part simply written and suitable for an international audience. However, sufficient details and in-depth analyses of the various complex settings have been presented to make this material useful to professional scholars and to students of senior university courses.

Geodynamic Evolution of Sedimentary Basins

Geodynamic Evolution of Sedimentary Basins
Author: François Roure
Publisher: Editions Technips
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN:

In this volume, 27 papers deal successively with thematic aspects of basin formation, case history in extensional and compressional basins (either in the CIS Republics or in their Western counterparts), physical and numerical structural models and other modeling techniques used for petroleum potential appraisal in sedimentary basins. These proceedings are of great interest to all geologists dealing with geodynamics of sedimentary basins, either in academic institutions or in the petroleum industry.

The Colli Albani Volcano

The Colli Albani Volcano
Author: R. Funiciello
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2010
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781862393073

The Colli Albani Volcano contains 21 scientific contributions on stratigraphy, volcanotectonics, geochronology, petrography and geochemistry, hydrogeology, volcanic hazards, geophysics and archaeology, and a new 1:50 000 scale geological map of the volcano. The proximity to Rome and the interconnection between volcanic and human history also make this volcano of interest for both specialists and non-specialists.

A Continent Revealed

A Continent Revealed
Author: D. J. Blundell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 1992-11-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 052142948X

The scientific achievements of the European Geotraverse Committee (EGT) are presented in this unique study of the tectonic evolution of the continent of Europe and the first comprehensive cross section of the continental lithosphere.

The Carpathians and Their Foreland

The Carpathians and Their Foreland
Author: Jan Golonka
Publisher: AAPG
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2006-09-01
Genre: Hydrocarbon reservoirs
ISBN: 0891813659

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "the full paper [version] for all 30 chapters as .pdf files."--Page 4 of cover.