Geological Structures and Moving Plates

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Introduction.
• 2 The lithosphere: some important properties.
• 3 Plate movement and plate boundaries.
• 4 Divergent (extensional) tectonic regimes.
• 5 Convergent tectonic regimes.
• 6 Strike-slip and oblique-slip regimes.
• 7 Intraplate tectonic regimes.
• 8 Phanerozoic orogenic belts: some examples.
• 9 Orogeny in the Precambrian.
• References.