Overview
- First-ever comprehensive volume focusing on peri-Adriatic tectonics
- Adriatic plate/block motion controls the tectonics through much of south-central Europe and the Mediterranean
- Multidisciplinary approach includes GPS geodesy, tectonics, seismology, and geology
- Leading authors in each field from 16 countries
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 61)
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Table of contents (26 papers)
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Regional Tectonic Framework
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Geologic Evidence of Adria Motion
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Geodetic Infrastructure and Technology
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About this book
Tectonic motion of the Adria microplate exerts a first-order control on the tectonics, geology, seismology, resource distribution, and the geological hazards across a broad zone of south-central Europe and the north-central Mediterranean. Since its first application to geodynamical problems, GPS geodesy has gradually revealed the nature of motion and deformation for most active areas of deformation across the Earth. One of the last remaining regional-scale problems on the planet is the motion and associated deformation in the peri-Adriatic region. Selected local-scale studies have examined aspects of this motion, but to date no truly regional analysis or regional team has systematically attacked the full breadth of this problem. A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was held in Veszprém, Hungary from April 4-7, 2004. This workshop brought together a distinguished international group of scientists working in the peri-Adriatic region to: (1) review research activities and results, (2) share technical expertise, and (3) provide a springboard for future collaborative research on Adria geodynamics. Areas of agreement were identified, as well as remaining areas of debate. In addition, attention focused on important scientific questions and the potential for international and interdisciplinary research in the future.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Adria Microplate: GPS Geodesy, Tectonics and Hazards
Editors: Nicholas Pinter, Grenerczy Gyula, John Weber, Seth Stein, Damir Medak
Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4235-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4233-1Published: 08 December 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4234-8Published: 08 December 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4235-5Published: 05 January 2006
Series ISSN: 1568-1238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 406
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Structural Geology, Geology, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Geochemistry
Industry Sectors: Aerospace, Oil, Gas & Geosciences