| Anatomy of an Orogen: The Apennines and Adjacent Mediterranean Basins 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Vai, F. (Editor), Martini, I. Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0412750406 ISBN-13: 9780412750403 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $237.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: 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 m??langes (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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Geology - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy |
| Dewey: 333.7 |
| LCCN: 2001023446 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 8.36" W x 9.38" (3.85 lbs) 633 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 m langes (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. |