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Study geomorphology, past and present, linear trench, tectonics relationship between pyrenees and alps (Document No: 19740021569)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. ERTS-1 images obviously show up some large linear features trending N 80 E or N 30 E common to both Alps and Pyrenees. One of them, the Ligurian Fault, had been previously forecast by Laubscher in an interpretation of the Alps by the plate tectonic theory, but it extends westward farthest from the Alps, cutting the Pyrenees axis. These lineaments have been interpreted as reflections of deep seated wrench faults in the surficial part of the sedimentary series. A large set of such lineaments is perceptible in western Europe, such as the Guadalquivir Fault in southern Spain, Ligurian Fault, Insubrian Fault, Northern-Jura Fault, Metz Fault. Perhaps these may be interpreted as transform faults of the mid-Atlantic ridge or of a paleo-rift seated in the Rhine-Rhone graben. |
| File Size | 701414 |
| Page Count | 26 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19740021569 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7sn4zj91 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Geological Faults Geomorphology Structural Properties Geology Earth Resources Program Pyrenees Mountains Europe France Tectonics Alps Mountains Europe Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
