Author: Geological Society Publishing HouseGeological Soc
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Keywords: special, publication, geological, society, system, carpathian, aspects, alpine, dinaride, tectonic
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2008-07-15
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 1862392528
ISBN-13: 9781862392526

The Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides form a complex, highly curved and strongly coupled orogenic system. Motions of the European and Adriatic plates gave birth to a number of ’oceans’ and microplates that led to several distinct stages of collision. Although the Alps serve as a classical example of collisional orogens, it becomes clearer that substantial questions on their evolution can only be answered in the Carpathians and Dinarides. Our understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System has substantially improved and will continue to develop; this