Tertiary Basins of Spain The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics [Paperback]

The first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years.This is the first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years. During Tertiary times, Spain had suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts had been further modified by extensional rifting.This is the first book to deal comprehensively with Spain's tectonic and sedimentary history over the past sixty or so million years. During Tertiary times, Spain had suffered compressional collision between France and Africa, and its Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts had been further modified by extensional rifting.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.part of the northern Ebro basin margin, as indicated by its tertiary fluvial sedimentary fill; 23. The Rioja area (westernmost ebro basin); part west; part c centre; part s south. This is undoubtedly a mature source book, which provides a wealth of information, clearly expressed in an annotated text with beautiful diagrams. The references are timely. Another nice feature is the beautifully interpreted seismic lines...This professional book should be on the shelves of those interested in Spanish geology, and in the libraries of geology departments and exploration companies. Christopher Kendall, The Leading Edge Most of the papers are filled wlSç