Geological field trips in Central Western Europe
Subtitle: Fragile Earth International Conference, Munich, September 2011
By: edited by Sara Carena, Anke M. Friedrich, Bernd Lammerer
Contributors: Carena, Sara, 1970-; Friedrich, Anke M.; Lammerer, Bernd; Geological Society of America
Series: Field guide -- 22; Field guide (Geological Society of America) -- 22.
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9780813700229
Subjects: Congresses; Geodesy; Geology; Fieldwork; Structural Geology; Glaciology
Description: The field trips described in this volume were organized in conjunction with the "Fragile Earth" international conference of 4-7 September 2011, in Munich, Germany. The conference was jointly organized by the Geological Society of America and the German Geological Societies (Geologische Vereinigung and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften), and it was hosted by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Munich. This series of field trips examines the records and recording tools of geological processes, from plate motions, to deep crustal structure and deformation, to near-surface processes and interactions between the Earth's surface and climate. Three chapters focus on observatories and communicating geosciences to the public through geoparks, while four other papers loosely define a north-south geological cross-section through the eastern Alps of Germany and Austria and its foreland basin.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.