Orogenic Processes in the Alpine Collision Zone
By: edited by Nikolaus Froitzheim, Stefan M. Schmid
Contributors: Schmid, Stefan M.; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Swiss Journal of Geosciences Supplement -- 3
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
ISBN-13: 9783764399511; 9783764399504
Subjects: Geography; Geology
Description: This book covers a multitude of Alpine-type working areas and processes active in collisional mountain building in the form of 16 selected very up-to-date review and research articles covering the Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides. These data were presented at the 8th workshop on Alpine Geological Studies in Davos held in October 2007. The compilations and new data are of interest to earth scientists interested in mountain building in general and those interested in processes of continental collision in particular. The book is virtually indispensable for advanced students and scientists involved in Alpine studies.