Research Catalog

Title

Continental transpressional and transtensional tectonics / edited by R.E. Holdsworth, R.A. Strachan, and J.F. Dewey.

Publication

London : Geological Society ; Tulsa, OK, USA : Distributors, USA, AAPG Bookstore, 1998.

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Additional Authors

• Holdsworth, R. E. (Robert E.)
• Strachan, R. A. (Robin A.)
• Dewey, J. F. (John F.)

Description

360 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

Geological Society special publication ; no. 135

Uniform Title

Geological Society special publication ; no. 135.

Subjects

• Geologia estrutural
• Continents
• Plate tectonics
• Strike-slip faults (Geology)
• Geology, Structural

Note

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Extended models of transpression and transtension, and application to tectonic settings / H. Fossen and B. Tikoff -- Oblique simple shear in transpression zones / R.R. Jones and R.E. Holdsworth -- Transpression (or transtension) zones of triclinic symmetry / S. Lin, D. Jiang and P.F. Williams -- Analogue modelling of faulting in zones of continental transpression and transtension / G. Schreurs and B. Colletta -- Structural response to evolving plate kinematics during transpression / R.W.H. Butler, S. Spencer and H.M. Griffiths -- Tectonic evolution of the Northern Salinian Block, California, USA / E. Tavarnelli -- Contractional and extensional structures in the transpressive 'Big Bend' of the San Andreas fault, southern California / D. Rust -- Salar Grande pull-apart basin, Atacama Fault System, northern Chile / J. Reijs and K. McClay -- Strike-slip partitioned transpression of the San Andreas fault system / C. Teyssier and B. Tikoff -- Exhumation of UHP rocks by transtension in the Western Gneiss region, Scandanavian Caledonides / M. Krabbendam and J.F. Dewey -- Trans Mojave-Sierran shear zone and its role in Early Miocene collapse of southwestern North America / R.K. Dokka, T.M. Ross and G. Lu -- Transtension in southeastern Africa associated with Gondwana break-up / M.K. Watkeys and D. Sokoutis -- Transtensional deformation in the evolution of the Bohai Basin, northern China / M.B. Allen ... [et al.] -- Transpressional tectonics and strain partitioning during oblique collision between three plates in the Precambrian of southeast Brazil / H.D. Ebert and Y. Hasui -- Transpressionally driven rotation in the external orogenic zones of the Western Carpathians and the SW British Variscides / R. Gayer, T. Hathaway and M. Nemcok -- Main phase of the Hercynian Orogeny in the Pyrenees is a dextral transpression / G. Gleizes, D. Leblanc and J.L. Bouchez -- Three-dimensional retro-modelling of transpression on a linked fault system / D.C. Tanner ... [et al.] -- Development of kinematic partitioning within a pure-shear dominated dextral transpression zone / M.L. Curtis

ISBN

186239007X

OCLC

ocm39682442

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries