Collisional mountain belts are the product of deformation of former continental margins. During the past 20 years it has be- come increasingly evident that the pre-existing faults, basin structures and the stratigraphic variations they generate can play a significant role in influencing the structural evolution of later compressional tectonics. This Special Issue contains a collection of papers that explore how this type of geological inheritance is manifest in the structural evolution of continental crust, especially associated with orogenesis. It arises from the one-day symposium (G23.03) on ‘‘Tectonic inversion pro- cesses and structural inheritance in mountain belts’’ held at the 32nd International Geological Congress in Florence, Au- gust 2004, that attracted some 31 oral and poster presentations. In summary, the collection of papers in this Special Issue offer a range of new structural interpretations, some applied to well-known tectonic settings, some to novel regions. Thus, although many of the concepts of inversion tectonics are well-established, these papers should promote further tests and applications of these ideas in particular and in the applica- tion of structural geology to illuminate models of continental deformation in general.
Butler, R.W.H., Tavarnelli, E., Grasso, M. (2006). Tectonic inversion and structural inheritance in mountain belts. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, 28(11), 1891-1892 [10.1016/j.jsg.2006.09.001].
Tectonic inversion and structural inheritance in mountain belts
TAVARNELLI, E.;
2006-01-01
Abstract
Collisional mountain belts are the product of deformation of former continental margins. During the past 20 years it has be- come increasingly evident that the pre-existing faults, basin structures and the stratigraphic variations they generate can play a significant role in influencing the structural evolution of later compressional tectonics. This Special Issue contains a collection of papers that explore how this type of geological inheritance is manifest in the structural evolution of continental crust, especially associated with orogenesis. It arises from the one-day symposium (G23.03) on ‘‘Tectonic inversion pro- cesses and structural inheritance in mountain belts’’ held at the 32nd International Geological Congress in Florence, Au- gust 2004, that attracted some 31 oral and poster presentations. In summary, the collection of papers in this Special Issue offer a range of new structural interpretations, some applied to well-known tectonic settings, some to novel regions. Thus, although many of the concepts of inversion tectonics are well-established, these papers should promote further tests and applications of these ideas in particular and in the applica- tion of structural geology to illuminate models of continental deformation in general.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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