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Geological Society, London, Special Publications
Volume 9, 1981
Thrust and Nappe Tectonics
Edited by:
K. R. McClay, Department of Geology, University of London, Goldsmiths' College, London and
N. J. Price, Department of Geology, Imperial College, London

Table of Contents

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    Introduction
    N. J. Price and K. R. McClay
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 1-5, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.01
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    What is a Thrust? What is a Nappe?
    J. G. Dennis, R. A. Price, J. K. Sales, R. Hatcher, A. W. Bally, W. J. Perry, H. P. Laubscher, R. E. Williams, D. Elliott, D. K. Norris, D. W. Hutton, T. Emmett and K. R. McClay
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 7-9, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.02

I. Mechanics of Thrusts and Nappes

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    Thoughts on the tectonics of folded belts
    A. W. Bally
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 13-32, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.03
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    Pore pressure, discontinuities, isostasy and overthrusts
    P. E. Gretener
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 33-39, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.04
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    Gravitational gliding in deltas
    G. Mandl and W. Crans
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 41-54, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.05
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    Thrust sheet deformation at a ramp: summary and extensions of an earlier model
    D. V. Wiltschko
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 55-63, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.06
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    Deformation and secondary faulting near the leading edge of a thrust fault
    D. A. Rodgers and W. D. Rizer
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 65-77, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.07
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    Mechanical model of thrust sheet gliding and imbrication
    G. Mandl and G. K. Shippam
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 79-98, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.08
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    The rock mechanics of thrust and nappe formation
    S. A. F. Murrell
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 99-109, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.09
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    Subduction and coeval thrust belts, with particular reference to North America
    A. G. Smith
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 111-124, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.10
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    The role of gravity in orogenic belts
    H. Ramberg
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 125-140, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.11

II. Rock Products of Thrusting

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    Dynamic analysis of a small imbricate thrust and related structures, Front Ranges, Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
    J. H. Spang and S. P. Brown
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 143-149, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.12
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    The microfabric of calcite tectonites from the Helvetic Nappes (Swiss Alps)
    S. M. Schmid, M. Casey and J. Starkey
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 151-158, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.13
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    Very low grade metamorphism with a reverse gradient induced by an overthrust in Haute-Savoie (France)
    J. Aprahamian and J.-L. Pairis
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 159-165, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.14
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    Saline horizons acting as thrust planes along the southern margin of the Damara Orogen (Namibia/SW-Africa)
    H. J. Behr, H. Ahrendt, A. Schmidt and K. Weber
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 167-172, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.15
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    Sliding and other deformation mechanisms in a glacier of salt, S Iran
    C. J. Talbot
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 173-183, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.16
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    The Caledonides of northern Norway: relation between preferred orientation of quartz lattice, strain and translation of the nappes
    A.-M. Boullier and J.-M. Quenardel
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 185-195, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.17
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    Structure and distribution of fault rocks in the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand
    R. H. Sibson, S. H. White and B. K. Atkinson
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 197-210, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.18
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    Uplift rates and thermal structure in the Alpine Fault Zone and Alpine Schists, Southern Alps, New Zealand
    C. J. Adams
    Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 211-222, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.19

III. Thrust and Nappe Regimes. A. ‘The Old World’

  • Caledonides

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      The internal geometry of nappes: criteria for models of emplacement
      M. A. Cooper
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 225-234, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.20
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      The strain profile above a major thrust fault, Finnmark, N Norway
      N. J. Milton and G. D. Williams
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 235-239, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.21
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      The Moine Thrust Zone: an overview
      K. R. McClay and M. P. Coward
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 241-260, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.22
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      Tectonic slides in the Caledonides
      D. H. W. Hutton
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 261-265, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.23
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      Estimation of the rate and amount of absolute lateral shortening in an orogen using diachronism and strike slipped segments
      W. E. A. Phillips
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 267-274, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.24
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      Strain within thrust sheets
      M. P. Coward and J. H. Kim
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 275-292, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.25
  • Alpine

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      Tectonics of the Helvetic Nappes
      J. G. Ramsay
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 293-309, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.26
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      The 3D propagation of décollement in the Jura
      H. P. Laubscher
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 311-318, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.27
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      Fold-and-thrust tectonics in the Helvetic Nappes (E Switzerland)
      O. A. Pfiffner
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 319-327, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.28
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      Some observations on the development of thrust faults in the Ultradauphinois Zone, French Alps
      A. Beach
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 329-334, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.29
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      Gravity sliding in the Maritime Alps
      R. H. Graham
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 335-352, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.30
  • Eurasia

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      Sutures, thrusts and nappes in the Variscan Arc of western Europe: plate tectonic implications
      Ph. Matte and J. P. Burg
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 353-358, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.31
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      Wrench related thrusting along a Mesozoic-Cenozoic continental margin: Antalya Complex, SW Turkey
      N. H. Woodcock and A. H. F. Robertson
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 359-362, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.32
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      Thrust and strike slip fault interaction along the Chaman transform zone, Pakistan
      R. D. Lawrence, R. S. Yeats, S. H. Khan, A. Farah and K. A. DeJong
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 363-370, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.33
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      Active thrusting and the evolution of the Zagros fold belt
      J. A. Jackson, T. J. Fitch and D. P. McKenzie
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 371-379, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.34
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      An overview of thrusts and nappes of western Himalaya
      V. C. Thakur
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 381-392, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.35
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      Ambiguity in interpretation of seismic data from modern convergent margins: an example from the IPOD Japan Trench transect
      R. von Huene, M. Arthur and B. Carson
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 393-406, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.36
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      Geometrical problems and implications of large scale over-thrusting in the Banda Arc -Australian margin collision zone
      M. G. Audley-Charles
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 407-416, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.37
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      Neogene thrust emplacement from a frontal arc in New Guinea
      J. Milsom
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 417-424, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.38

IV. Thrust and Nappe Regimes. B. ‘The New World’

  • The Americas

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      The Cordilleran foreland thrust and fold belt in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
      R. A. Price
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 427-448, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.39
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      The nature and significance of large ‘blind’ thrusts within the northern Rocky Mountains of Canada
      R. I. Thompson
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 449-462, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.40
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      Metamorphic complex of SE Canadian Cordillera and relationship to foreland thrusting
      R. L. Brown
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 463-473, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.41
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      Thrust nappes in the Rocky Mountain Foothills near Mountain Park, Alberta
      H. A. K. Charlesworth and W. E. Kilby
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 475-482, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.42
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      Deformational styles in two Mesozoic fault zones, western Washington, USA
      D. S. Cowan and R. B. Miller
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 483-490, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.43
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      Thrusts and nappes in the North American Appalachian Orogen
      R. D. Hatcher
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 491-499, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.44
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      COCORP seismic reflection profiling across thrust faults
      J. A. Brewer, F. A. Cook, L. D. Brown, J. E. Oliver, S. Kaufman and D. S. Albaugh
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 501-511, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.45
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      Mechanisms for basement shortening in the Andean foreland fold belt of southern South America
      Margaret A. Winslow
      Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 9, 513-528, 1 January 1981, https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1981.009.01.46
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