Tertiary basins of Spain: the stratigraphic record of crustal kinematics / Третичные бассейны Испании: стратиграфическая летопись кинематики земной коры

This is the first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years. During these Tertiary times, Spain has suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been further modified by extensional rifting. This study will therefore be of interest to earth scientists generally because of the insights it provides into continental crustal deformation.
Spain contains some of the best exposed outcrop geology in Europe. Because it includes sectors of two separate foreland basins, and an intervening craton with basins that have been influenced by extensional and strike-slip deformation, it provides excellent material for the development and testing of theories on the study of sedimentary basin formation and filling.
This volume contains a collection of specially written articles dealing with all aspects of these studies. Because of the nature of the subject, much of the data is presented in diagrammatic form. This book will be of value to earth scientists in research positions, whether academic or industrial. <...>