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This book is devoted to different aspects of tectonic researches, especially to modern geodynamic processes. Syntheses of recent and earlier works, combined with new results and interpretations, are presented here for diverse tectonic settings. Most of chapters include up-to-date materials of detailed geological-geophysical investigations, which can help more clearly understand the essence of mechanisms of different tectonic processes. Among general problems of tectonics are discussed processes in axes of slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges on example of central part of Mid-Atlantic Ridge and in continental collision zones. Formation of sedimentary basins are considered on examples of Niger Delta, Triassic Cuyana Basin (Argentina), and Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins of the Alpine margin (Tunisia); neotectonic processes examined in Turkey and Morocco; tectonic evolution of the southern margin of Laurasia in the Paleozoic discussed as well as interrelation of western Troms-Lofoten and the Lewisian complexes in the Middle Paleoproterozoic.

Plate tectonics. --- Tectonics, Plate --- Geodynamics --- Physical Sciences --- Engineering and Technology --- Seismology --- Earth and Planetary Sciences --- Geology and Geophysics

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Volume 1A: Principles of Geologic Analysis A ""how-to"" primer describes the basic concepts petroleum geologists and students need to understand hydrocarbon exploration in a broad range of geological settings globally. Volume 1B: Phanerozoic Rift Systems and Sedimentary Basins Incorporates industry data to present regional seismic lines and cross sections to accurately document and analyze proven hydrocarbon systems. It also includes summaries of analogue and theoretical models as an essential backdrop to the structure and stratigraphy of a variety of geological settin

Geodesy. --- Geology, Structural. --- Geology. --- Geophysics. --- Plate tectonics. --- Plate tectonics --- Geology, Structural --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Dynamic & Structural Geology --- Continental margins. --- Margins, Continental --- Submarine topography --- Tectonics, Plate --- Geodynamics

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This thesis is remarkable for the wide range of the techniques and observations used and for its insights, which cross several disciplines. It begins by solving a famous puzzle of the ancient world, which is what was responsible for the tsunami that destroyed settlements in the eastern Mediterranean in 365 AD. By radiocarbon dating of preserved marine organisms, Shaw demonstrates that the whole of western Crete was lifted out of the sea by up to 10 metres in a massive earthquake at that time, which occured on a previously unknown fault. The author shows that the resulting tsunami would have the characteristics described by ancient writers, and uses modern GPS measurements and coastiline geomorphology to show that the strain build-up near Crete requires such a tsunami-earthquake about every 6.000 years - a major insight into Mediterranean tsunami hazard. A detailed seismological study of earthquakes in the Cretan arc over the last 50 years reveals other important features of its behaviour that were previously unknown. Finally, she provides fundamental insights into the limitations of radiocarbon dating marine organisms, relating to how they secrete carbon into their skeletons. The thesis resulted in three major papers in top journals.

Geomorphology. --- Plate tectonics -- Mediterranean Region. --- Geology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Geology - General --- Dynamic & Structural Geology --- Subduction zones --- Plate tectonics --- Tectonics, Plate --- Zones, Subduction --- Earth sciences. --- History. --- Geology. --- Historical geology. --- Structural geology. --- Geophysics. --- Natural disasters. --- Earth Sciences. --- Structural Geology. --- Natural Hazards. --- Historical Geology. --- History, general. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Geodynamics --- Geology, Structural. --- Physical geography. --- Geography --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Geotectonics --- Structural geology --- Tectonics (Geology) --- Physical geology --- Geognosy --- Geoscience --- Earth sciences --- Natural history --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Physics --- Natural calamities --- Disasters