Alpine and Caledonide tectonics - a brief comparative study
Alpine and Caledonide tectonics - a brief comparative study
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10.1080/11035899801202237
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1998-06
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A. Milnes
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A. Milnes
Abstract The structure and tectonic evolution of the Alpine and Caledonide orogens show several common features in addition to the many contrasts. These parallels, taken to imply a basic similarity in orogenic processes, form the starting point for a brief comparative study. The Alpine transect used as reference is that through the Central Alps in eastern Switzerland, which coincides with the trace of the European Geotraverse. In the Caledonides, the Sognefjord transect in southern Norway, the subject of a recent structural compilation, is taken as illustration. Both are presented in the form of a tectonic map and crustal cross-section drawn at the same scale, with the tectonic units in each case distinguished according to their pre-orogenic affiliation: cratonic foreland, rifted continental margin and oceanic complex. In spite of the individually complicated pre-orogenic architectures, the orogenic evolution of both orogens can be described in terms of a series of phases with characteristic features: pre...