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Paleomagnetic Rotations and Continental Deformation

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Catherine Kissel

    1. Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS/CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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  2. Carlo Laj

    1. Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS/CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 254)

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Block Rotations in Continental Crust: Examples from Western North America

    • M. E. Beck Jr.
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Kinematics and Dynamics of Distributed Deformation

    • D. Mckenzie, J. Jackson
    Pages 17-31

  4. Relations Between Seismicity and Paleomagnetic Rotations in Zones of Distributed Continental Deformation

    • J. Jackson, D. McKenzie
    Pages 33-42

  5. The Detection of Rotations by Surveying Techniques

    • P. A. Cross
    Pages 43-67

  6. Geodetic Measurements of Continental Deformations: Projects and First Results

    • E. Geiss, Ch. Reigber, P. Schwintzer
    Pages 69-81

  7. Continental Rotational Deformation: Examples from Greece

    • S. Pavlides
    Pages 83-93

  8. Cenozoic Magmatism, Deep Tectonics, and Crustal Deformation in the Aegean Sea

    • G. A. Papadopoulos
    Pages 95-113

  9. A Pattern of Block Rotations in Central Aegea

    • C. Kissel, C. Laj, A. Poisson, K. Simeakis
    Pages 115-129

  10. Late Cenozoic Rotatons Along the North Aegean Trough Fault Zone (Greece); Structural Constraints

    • C. Simeakis, J. L. Mercier, P. Vergely, C. Kissel
    Pages 131-143

  11. Some Experiments on Block Rotation in the Brittle Upper Crust

    • P. R. Cobbold, J. P. Brun, P. Davy, G. Fiquet, C. Basile, D. Gapais
    Pages 145-155

  12. Large Rates of Rotation in Continental Lithosphere. Undergoing Distributed Deformation

    • P. England
    Pages 157-164

  13. Strain and Displacement in the Brittle Field

    • P. Choukroune
    Pages 165-180

  14. Regional Deformation by Block Translation and Rotation

    • Z. Garfunkel
    Pages 181-208

  15. Mechanics of Distributed Fault and Block Rotation

    • A. Nur, H. Ron, O. Scotti
    Pages 209-228

  16. Crustal Rotation and Fault Slip in the Continental Transform Zone in Southern California

    • B. P. Luyendyk
    Pages 229-246

  17. Evidence for Contemporary Block Rotation in Strike-Slip Environments: Examples from the San Andreas Fault System, Southern California

    • C. Nicholson, L. Seeber
    Pages 247-280

  18. The Importance of Magnetostratigraphy for Studies of Tectonic Rotations: Examples from the Mio-Pliocene of California

    • K. L. Verosub, E. J. Holm
    Pages 281-292

  19. The Application of Palaeomagnetism to Extensional Tectonics: A Palaeomagnetic Study of the Parker District, Basin and Range Province, Arizona

    • P. Dagley, J. D. A. Piper
    Pages 293-311

  20. Mechanisms of Cenozoic Tectonic Rotation, Pacific Northwest Convergent Margin, U.S.A.

    • R. E. Wells
    Pages 313-325
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One of the most interesting results obtained in the last two decades in the study of crustal deformation has been the recognition that large regions of continental crust undergo rotations about vertical axis during deformation. Proof of such rotations has come through the paleomagnetic studies, which reveal rotations when paleomagnetic declinations within the deforming region arc compared with those found in coeval rocks in the stable regions outside the deforming zone. Such rotations were first described in Oregon then in the North American Cordilleras and in Southern California and were a surprise to everyone. Even in California which, as a result of oil exploration, was among the best geologically explored regions in the world, no one could claim to have predicted that these rotations would be found. Rotations have subsequently been found in other areas of recent continental tectonic activity, notably in the Basin and Range province, New Zealand, the Andes, Greece and Western Turkey, so that they appear as an important feature of continental deformation.

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`For the professional, scientist, industry or university library I strongly recommend purchase of NATO ASI vol. 154.'
Geophysics April 1991

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre des Faibles Radioactivités, Laboratoire mixte CNRS/CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Catherine Kissel, Carlo Laj

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Paleomagnetic Rotations and Continental Deformation

  • Editors: Catherine Kissel, Carlo Laj

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0869-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0006-9Due: 31 December 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6878-9Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0869-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 530

  • Topics: Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Structural Geology

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