The Geology of Chile
edited by Teresa Moreno and Wes Gibbons
Bok · Engelsk · 2007
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| Utgitt | London : Geological Society , 2007
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| Omfang | VIII, 414 s. : ill., kart, diagr.
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| Opplysninger | Introduction and overview / R.J. Pankhurst & F. Hervé -- Metamorphic and plutonic basement complexes / F. Hervé, V. Faundez, M. Calderón, H.-J. Massonne & A.P. Willner -- Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Andean Orogen in Chile / R. Charrier, L. Pinto & M.P. Rodríguez -- Andean magmatism / M.A. Parada ... [et al.] -- Chilean volcanoes / C.R. Stearn ... [et al.] -- Metallic ore depostis / V. Maksaev, B. Townley, C. Palacios & F. Camus -- Industrial minerals and rocks / G. Chong Díaz, A. Gajardo Cubillos, A.J. Hartley & T. Moreno -- Chilean water resources / J.F. Muñoz ... [et al.] -- Neotectonics / J. Cembrano ... [et al.] -- Earthquakes in Chile / S.E. Barrientos -- Marine geology, oceanography and climate / M. Marchant ... [et al.] -- Late quaternary environments and palaeoclimate / C. Latorre ... [et al.] -- Field excursion from central Chile to the Atacama Desert / W. Gibbons & T. Moreno. - This book is the first comprehensive account in English of the geology of Chile, providing a key reference work that brings together many years of research, and written mostly by Chilean authors from various universities and other centres of research excellence. The 13 chapters begin with a general overview, followed by detailed accounts of Andean tectonostratigraphy and magmatism, the amazingly active volcanism, the world class ore deposits that have proven to be so critical to the welfare of the country, and Chilean water resources. The subject then turns to geophysics with an examination of neotectonics and earthquakes, the hazardous frequency of which is a daily fact of life for the Chilean population. There are chapters on the off-shore geology and oceanography of the SE Pacific Ocean, subjects that continue to attract much research, not least from those seeking to understand world climatic variations, and on late Quaternary land environments, concluding with an account examining human colonization of southernmost America
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| Emner | |
| ISBN | 1-86239-219-6. - 978-1-86239-219-9. - 978-1-86239-220-5
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