Lajos Lóczy, the outstanding geologist has left behind a fairly enigmatic heritage in the field of tectonics. In this paper the main tectonic results are evaluated, always relying on the original papers and in the light of the present-day knowledge
on the tectonics of the Alpine-Himalyan belt. - (AM)
Long-term landscape evolution : linking tectonics and surface processes
Bibliography ; Continental margin ; Geomorphogenesis ; Isostasy ; Isotope analysis ; Model ; Orogeny ; Plate tectonics ; Research ; Tectonics ; Topography ; Vertical movement ; Weathering
This review paper examines the last several decades of research in long-term landscape evolution. The A. buids the review around 7 major themes : post-mid-1950s theoretical insights outside plate tectonics; a more coherent analysis incorporating
plate tectonics; rock uplift, surface processes, surface uplift and isostasy; new techniques; passive continental margins; orogenic settings; and steady-state landscapes and post-orogenic settings. The review is brought together by a forward look
and with axes striking between EW and NWSE. These folds are not related to thrust tectonics. Two different fault systems oriented NS and EW were evidenced ; the first one is constituted prevalently by normal faults, whereas, the faults of the second system shows
The study of morphological evidence for paleo sea-levels observed along the southern Lazio coastline NW of Gaeta showed the occurence of tectonic movements in the time interval between Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 11 and 3. On the basis
Amazonas River ; Brazil ; Earth surface processes ; Fluvial capture ; Graben ; Model ; Quaternary ; Radar imagery ; Tectonics ; Topography ; Watershed
, focusing on the history of one of the largest Amazonian tributaries, The Tocantins River, and on the origin of the Marajó Island, throughout the Quaternary. It is also discussed how tectonic reactivations have contributed to the geological evolution
China ; Erosion ; Erosion rate ; Geochemistry ; Isotope analysis ; Mountain ; Tectonics ; Tibet ; Vertical movement
To compare erosion rates with central Tibet and similarlarly arid Antarctica and Australia, the AA. have collected samples and measured in-situ Be 10 and Al 26 in bedrock surfaces in northwest Tibet. They explain the effects of climate and tectonics
A geological study carried out in the southern part of the Larderello geothermal area provides new information on the development mechanism and timing of the earlier extensional structures that formed during the Miocene post-collisional tectonics
, acting as a sill. This would be controlled by tectonic movements along the active orogenic axis of the Pyrenean Range and eustatic variations of the Paleocene World Ocean. The karstic systems may have been later reactivated. This late evolution may have
and alluvial sediment to provide a measure of the rates at which these processes operated in recent (late Quaternary) geologic time. The results are placed into tectonic and climatic contexts in order to explain how an anomalously rugged, high relief mountain
belt has developed in the middle of a continent generally known for its tectonic quiescence and climatic aridity.
China ; Climatic cycle ; Climatic variation ; Dating ; Erosion surface ; Fluvial terrace ; Geochronology ; Geomorphic cycle ; Tectonics ; Tibet
new insights into the evaluation of tectonism and climatic changes as the 2 major terrace-forming factors in the context of episodic uplift of Tibetan Plateau. The repetitive stratigraphic and geomorphic pattern of these terraces indicates the fluvial
geological response affecting erosional equilibrium in high-relief tectonically stable terrains. Climatically forced base level changes will, over time, control sediment storage, removal or reworking in the valleys.