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Continental Collision
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Table of Contents
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| II. 1 Collisional Driving Forces |
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II. 1.1 Mantle Convection |
| II. 2 Collisional Scenarios |
| II. 2.1 Arc-Continent II. 2.2 Continent-Continent |
| II. 2.3 Continental Subduction |
III Mechanism Accommodating Convergence
| III.1 Pure Shear Thickening Models |
| III. 1.1 Homogeneous III. 1.2 Heterogeneous |
| III.2 Simple Shear Thickening Models |
| III. 2.1 Single Thrust III. 2.2 Under-Thrusting III. 2.3 Over-Thrusting |
| III.3 Lateral Extrusion: Concept of Escape Tectonics III.4 Lithospheric Folding |
IV The Role of Gravity in Collisional Zones
| IV.1 Balance of Forces IV.2 The Gravitational Potential Energy IV.3 The Gravitational Force IV.4 When Gravitational Force Drives Convergence IV.5 When Gravitational Force Opposes Convergence |
V Structural Geology of Continent-Continent & Arc-Continent Collision Zones
| V.1 The Architecture of Collisional Mountain
Belts V.2 The Foredeep V.3 The Foreland and Thrust Belt V.4 The Hinterland |
| V.4.1 Suture Zone (Tectonic melange, ophiolite,
and volcanic arc) V.4.2 Metamorphic Core (Gabritic batholiths, gneissic terranes, nappes, metamorphic core complexes) |
VIII Glossary