Research Catalog

Title

Time and place in orogeny / edited by P.E. Kent, G.E. Satterthwaite, A.M. Spencer.

Publication

London : Geological Society of London, 1969.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kent, Peter, 1913-1986
• Satterthwaite, Gilbert E. (Gilbert Elliott)
• Spencer, A. M. (Anthony Mansell)
• Geological Society of London.
• Yorkshire Geological Society.

Description

viii, 311 pages, 4, [5] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, maps (some color); 26 cm.

Series Statement

Special publication / Geological Society of London ; no. 3

Uniform Title

Geological Society special publication ; no. 3.

Subject

• Orogeny > Congresses
• Mountains
• Geology, Structural
• tectonics (geology)
• mountains (landforms)
• Mountains
• Geology, Structural
• Orogeny
• Orogenèse > Congrès

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings

Note

• "Original versions of the papers published in this volume were presented at a joint meeting of the Geological Society of London and the Yorkshire Geological Society held in the Dept. of Geology, University of Durham on 12-13 January 1968."--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

Displacement within continents / R.M. Shackleton -- Problems of the relationship between surface structure and deep displacements illustrated by the Zagros Range / N.L. Falcon -- Some principles governing interpretation of structure in the Rocky Mountain orogenic belt / F.G. Fox -- The measurement of strain and displacement in orogenic belts / J.G. Ramsay -- The construction of sections in areas of highly deformed rocks / W.E.A. Phillips & J.G. Byrne -- The palaeomagnetic evidence of displacements within continents / D.H. Tarling -- Interpretation of stratigraphical ages in orogenic belts / W.B. Harland -- Interpretation of isotopic ages in orogenic belts / P.E. Brown & J.A. Miller -- A new approach to radioisotopic dating in orogenic belts / F.J. Fitch, J.A. Miller & J.G. Mitchell -- Orogenic belts and their parts / N. Rast -- Sedimentary thicknesses in orogenic belts / R. Stoneley -- Rates of change within orogenic belts / J. Sutton -- The deep structure of orogenic belts- the root problem / E.R. Oxburgh -- Orogeny in relation to crust and upper mantle / M.H.P. Bott -- Internal features of some orogenic belts of Africa / T.N. Clifford -- Closing remarks / K.C. Dunham.

OCLC

• ocm00765988
• 765988
• SCSB-284757

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library