The Alps, Carpathians and Dinarides form a complex, highly curved and strongly coupled orogenic system. Motions of the European and Adriatic plates gave birth to a number of 'oceans' and microplates that led to several distinct stages of collision. Although the Alps serve as a classical example of collisional orogens, it becomes clearer that substantial questions on their evolution can only be answered in the Carpathians and Dinarides. Our understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System has substantially improved and will continue to develop; this is thanks to collaboration between eastern and western Europe, but also due to the application of new methods and the launch of research initiatives. The largely field-based contributions investigate the following subjects: pre-Alpine heritage and Alpine reactivation; Mesozoic palaeogeography and Alpine subduction and collision processes; extrusion tectonics from the Eastern Alps to the Carpathians and the Pannonian Basin; orogen-parallel and orogen-perpendicular extension; record of orogeny in foreland basins; tectonometamorphic evolution; and relations between the Alps, Apennines and Corsica.
"The idea that Earth is shaped by dynamic and ongoing geologic processes is a powerful one for a scientifically literate society to understand.
Ramos, V.A., 2008a, The basement of the Central Andes: The Arequipa and related terranes: Annual Review of ... R.J., eds., Terrane Processes at the Margins of Gondwana: Geological Society, London, Special Publication 246, p. 305–328.
Rheology of Polyphase Earth Materials
This book contains current results and ideas regarding the geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia.
In Indian context.
Providing an exposition of igneous rocks, magmas and volcanic erruptions, this text brings together magnetic and volcanic data with explanations of how they fit together.
Himalayan Collision Tectonics