The geology of Iberia : a geodynamic approach. Volume 5, Active processes: seismicity, active faulting and relief /

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Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2020].
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 126 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language:English
Series:Regional geology reviews, 2364-6438
Regional geology reviews,
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12601435
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Varying Form of Title:Active processes : seismicity, active faulting and relief
Other authors / contributors:Quesada, Cecilio, editor.
Oliveira, José Tomás, editor.
ISBN:9783030109318
3030109313
9783030109301
3030109305
9783030109301
9783030109325
3030109321
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 13, 2019).
Summary:Adopting a global approach, this unique book provides an updated review of the geology of Iberia and its continental margins from a geodynamic perspective. Owing to its location close to successive plate margins, Iberia has played a pivotal role in the geodynamic evolution of the Gondwanan, Rheic, Pangea, Tethys and Eurasian plates over the last 600 Ma of Earths history. The geological record starts with the amalgamation of Gondwana in the Neoproterozoic, which was succeeded by the rifting and spreading of the Rheic ocean; its demise, which led to the amalgamation of Pangea in the late Paleozoic; and the rifting and spreading of several arms of the Neotethys ocean in the Mesozoic Era and their ongoing closure, which was responsible for the Alpine orogeny. The significant advances in the last 20 years have increasingly attracted international interest in exploring the geology of the Iberian Peninsula. This final volume of the Geology of Iberia focuses on the active geological processes in Iberia including seismicity and active faulting as well as the modern landscapes in the Iberian Peninsula.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783030109301
Printed edition: 9783030109325
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-10931-8
10.1007/978-3-030-10