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During the Tertiary, Spain suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts have been further modified by extensional rifting. Because it includes sectors of two separate foreland basins, and an intervening craton with basins that have been influenced by extensional and strikeSHslip deformation, Spain provides excellent material for the development and testing of theories on the study of sedimentary basin formation and filling. This book is one of the few studies available in English of the important Tertiary geology of Spain.
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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. Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Tertiary basins of Spain: the stratigraphic record of crustal kinematics Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 World and regional geology series Series Editors: M.R.A. Thomson and J.A. Reinemund This series comprises monographs and reference books on studies of world and regional geology. Topics will include comprehensive studies of key geological regions and the results of some recent IGCP projects. Geological Evolution of Antarctica M.R.A. Thomson, J.A. Crame & J.W. Thomson (eds.) Permo-Triassic Events in the Eastern Tethys W.C. Sweet, Yang Zunyi, J.M. Dickins & Yin Hongfu (eds.) The Jurassic of the Circum-Pacific G.E.G. Westermann (ed.) Global Geological Record of Lake Basins vol. 1 E. GierlowskiKordesch & K. Kelts (eds.) Earth's Glacial Record M. Deynoux, J.M.G. Miller, E.W. Domack, N. Eyles, I.J. Fairchild & G.M. Young (eds.) The Quaternary History of Scandinavia J.J. Donner Tertiary Basins of Spain: The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics P.F. Friend & C.J. Dabrio (eds.) Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 Tertiary basins of Spain the stratigraphic record of crustal kinematics EDITED BY PETER F. FRIEND Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge AND CRISTINO J. DABRIO Departamento de Estratigrafia, Facultad de Ciencias Geologicas and Instituto de Geologia Economica, CSIC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge Books Online © Cambridge University Press, 2009 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www. Cambridge. org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521461719 © Cambridge University Press 1996 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exceptio