Paleomagnetic Rotations and Continental Deformation

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Block Rotations in Continental Crust: Examples from Western North America....Pages 1-16
The Kinematics and Dynamics of Distributed Deformation....Pages 17-31
Relations Between Seismicity and Paleomagnetic Rotations in Zones of Distributed Continental Deformation....Pages 33-42
The Detection of Rotations by Surveying Techniques....Pages 43-67
Geodetic Measurements of Continental Deformations: Projects and First Results....Pages 69-81
Continental Rotational Deformation: Examples from Greece....Pages 83-93
Cenozoic Magmatism, Deep Tectonics, and Crustal Deformation in the Aegean Sea....Pages 95-113
A Pattern of Block Rotations in Central Aegea....Pages 115-129
Late Cenozoic Rotatons Along the North Aegean Trough Fault Zone (Greece); Structural Constraints....Pages 131-143
Some Experiments on Block Rotation in the Brittle Upper Crust....Pages 145-155
Large Rates of Rotation in Continental Lithosphere. Undergoing Distributed Deformation....Pages 157-164
Strain and Displacement in the Brittle Field....Pages 165-180
Regional Deformation by Block Translation and Rotation....Pages 181-208
Mechanics of Distributed Fault and Block Rotation....Pages 209-228
Crustal Rotation and Fault Slip in the Continental Transform Zone in Southern California....Pages 229-246
Evidence for Contemporary Block Rotation in Strike-Slip Environments: Examples from the San Andreas Fault System, Southern California....Pages 247-280
The Importance of Magnetostratigraphy for Studies of Tectonic Rotations: Examples from the Mio-Pliocene of California....Pages 281-292
The Application of Palaeomagnetism to Extensional Tectonics: A Palaeomagnetic Study of the Parker District, Basin and Range Province, Arizona....Pages 293-311
Mechanisms of Cenozoic Tectonic Rotation, Pacific Northwest Convergent Margin, U.S.A.....Pages 313-325
Rotation of Central and Southern Alaska in the Early Tertiary: Oroclinal Bending by Megakinking?....Pages 327-342
Paleogeography and Rotations of Arctic Alaska - An Unresolved Problem....Pages 343-364
Palaeomagnetic Estimates of Rotations in Compressional Regimes and Potential Discrimination Between Thin-Skinned and Deep Crustal Deformation....Pages 365-379
Palaeomagnetic Evidence for Block Rotations and Distributed Deformation of the Iberian-African Plate Boundary....Pages 381-391
Fault Block Rotations in Ophiolites: Results of Palaeomagnetic Studies in the Troodos Complex, Cyprus....Pages 393-410
Paleomagnetism in SE Asia: Sinistral Shear Between Philippine Sea Plate and Asia....Pages 411-430
Palaeomagnetic Constraints on the Early History of the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Zone, Central Norway....Pages 431-457
Paleomagnetically Observed Rotations Along the Hikurangi Margin of New Zealand....Pages 459-471
Rotations About Vertical Axes in Part of the New Zealand Plate-Boundary Zone, Theory and Observation....Pages 473-488
Paleomagnetic Rotations in the Coastal Areas of Ecuador and Northern Peru....Pages 489-511
Back Matter....Pages 513-516