Intracontinental Fold Belts: Case Studies in the Variscan Belt of Europe and the Damara Belt in Namibia

by H. Martin (Editor), F. W. Eder (Editor)

Overview

The Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 48-Göttingen, a Special Collaborative Programme of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, was one of the first of such programmes. It was launched in 1969 under the general title "Evolution, composition and distinctive characteristics of the Earth's crus t, particularly in geosynclinal regions" ("En twickl ung, Bestand und Eigenschaften der Erdkruste, insbesondere der Geosynklinalräume"). Its activities were promoted for eleven and a half years and it came to its end at the expiration of 1980. We have he re a comprehensive report of the results it has reached, of the questions that remain open, and the new questions that have been raised. Special Collaborative Programmes ("Sonderforschungsbereiche") involve groups of scientists who have join- ed together with the approval of their university for joint research in which the university recognizes that their research has common ground deserving support for a longer period of time. Significant progress in science is increasingly dependent on the close collaboration of scientists from several disciplines. The Special Colla- borative Programmes were created in order to provide better conditions and structures for multi- nad interdisciplinary research. It seemed prom- ising to mount special support, in terms of both material and personnei, for the geologically orientated research programme proposed from Göttin- gen, which envisaged interdisciplinary research into the nature of two different intracontinental orogens, research involving Geology-palaeon- tology, Sedimentology, Sedimentary Petrography, Geochemistry, Petrology, Geochronology and Geophysics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642691263
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	01/25/2012
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Pages:	947
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.08(d)

Table of Contents

Generalized Comparison of the Variscan with the Damara Orogen.- The Variscan Belt of Central Europe.- Palaeozoic Sedimentation in the Northern Branch of the Mid-European Variscides — Essay of an Interpretation.- Neritic Sedimentation of the Lower and Middle Devonian in the Rheinische Schiefergebirge East of the River Rhine.- “Pelagic” Carbonates in the Variscan Belt — Their Sedimentary and Tectonic Environments.- Devonian and Carboniferous Limestone-Turbidites of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge and Their Tectonic Significance.- Depositional Models for the Carboniferous Flysch of the Eastern Rheinisches Schiefergebirge.- Flysch, Olistostromes and Nappes in the Harz Mountains.- The Mineral Composition of Rhenohercynian Flysch Sediments and Its Tectonic Significance.- The Sedimentary Development of the Western Rheinisches Schiefergebirge and the Ardennes (Germany/Belgium).- The Chemical Composition of Sedimentary Deposits in the Rhenohercynian Belt of Central Europe.- Chemical Composition and Genetic Relations of Meta-Volcanic Rocks from the Rhenohercynian Belt of Northwest Germany.- Mineral Composition of Pelitic Sediments in the Rhenohercynian Zone.- Nappe Tectonics in the Southeastern Part of the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge.- Flysch-Sedimentation: Its Relations to Tectonism in the European Variscides.- Migration of Folding and Metamorphism in the Rheinisches Schiefergebirge Deduced from K-Ar and Rb-Sr Age Determinations.- Experimental Study of Subfluence Tectonics in the Rheinische Schiefergebirge.- Regional Isostatic Model for Vertical Movements in the Shelf Area of the Rhenohercynian Geosyncline.- Intracrustal and Subcrustal Thrust-Tectonics at the Northern Margin of the Bohemian Massif.- The Crustal Structure of the Hercynian Mountain System — A Model for Crustal Thickening by Stacking.- Geodynamic Interpretation of the Mid-European Variscides.- The Damara Orogen.- Overview of the Geosynclinal, Structural and Metamorphic Development of the Intracontinental Branch of the Damara Orogen.- Geodynamic Model for the Geosynclinal Development of the Damara Orogen, Namibia/South West Africa.- Turbidites in the Damara Orogen.- Sedimentology and Mineralogy of Upper Proterozoic Playa-Lake Deposits in the Damara Orogen.- Fluid Inclusions and Genetic Aspects of the Damara Orogen.- The Chemical Composition of the Common Metamorphic Sediments of the Damara Orogen.- The Root Zone of the Naukluft Nappe Complex: Geodynamic Implications.- Structural Development of the Ugab Structural Domain of the Northern Zone of the Damara Orogen.- The Northern Branch: Depositional Development and Timing of the Structural and Metamorphic Evolution within the Framework of the Damara Orogen.- Compositional Variations of Minerals in Metapelites Involved in Low- to Medium Grade Isograd Reactions in the Southern Damara Orogen, Namibia, South West Africa.- Metamorphism of Siliceous Dolomites of the Central and Southern Part of the Damara Orogen.- Experimental Investigation of the Stability Conditions of Petrologically Significant Calc-Silicate Assemblages Observed in the Damara Orogen.- Experimental Investigation of the Stability Conditions of a Petrological Significant Calc-Silicate Assemblage Observed in Originally Marly Rocks in the Kuiseb Formation of the Damara Orogen.- Crustal Radioactivity and Motion as Causes of Regional Metamorphism in the Damara Orogen.- A Survey of Granitic Rocks of the Damara Orogen and Considerations on Their Origin.- Geochronology of the Damara Orogen — A Review.- Genesis of Damaran Granites in the Light of Rb/Sr and—18 O Data.- Reconstruction of the Cooling History of the Damara Orogen by Correlation of Radiometric Ages with Geography and Altitude.- Deep Seismic Sounding in the Area of the Damara Orogen, Namibia, South West Africa.- The Join of the Coastal and Intracontinental Branches of the Damara Orogen, Namibia, South West Africa.- Alternative Geodynamic Models for the Damara Orogen. A Critical Discussion.