Tectonics & Geodynamics
Research Topics

 

Plate tectonics

Scandinavia (North Atlantic)
plate tectonics (1.71MB pdf) & geodynamics of Scandinavian Atlantic passive margin (1.3MB pdf)

Alpes- Prealpes and Tethys
Reconstructions of the Paleotethys, Neotethys and Alpine Tethys from Ordivician to Present.

Peri-Tethys basins and plate reconstruction
Participation IGCP - 369 research project on PeriTethys basins (484kb pdf).

Tectonics and Regional Geology

Eastern Great Caucasus (Azerbaijan, South Caspian Sea)
geodynamics, structure, tectonics and evelotion from passive to active/convergent margin

Scandinavia (Norwegian passsive margin)
geodynamics & onshore-offshore structure of Scandinavian Atlantic passive margin (4.19 MB pdf)

Alpes (Geodynamics and neo-tectonics, Alps, Switzerland)
recent development of large-scale alpine structure with a Preaples perspective (922 kb pdf)

Préalpes (Alps, Switzerland and France)
tectonics, structure, dynamics, sedimentology, metamorphism, deformation, geodynamics (6.2MB pdf) etc.

Ardennes (Rhenish slate belt, Luxembourg, Belgium)
schistosity, folds, boudins, structure, metamorphism, etc.

Structural geology

Structure analyses (folding, thrusting and faulting)

Rock deformation
international deformation studies on limestone, strain measurement based on calcite twinning

Fault analyses and stress
kinematic and dynamic stress inversion of faults in differents regions (Ardennes, Jura-Prealpes, Great Caucasus).

Rock cleavage
studies rock cleavage and schistosity and metamorphism

Fold modeling
modeling fault-propagation folds and apllying to examples

Very low-grade metamorphism

Préalpes (Alps, Switzerland and France)
low-grade to epizonal metamorphism and associeted deformation of limestones

Ardennes (Rhenish slate belt, Luxembourg, Belgium)
burrial and syn-deformationl low-grade to epizonal metamorphism amd schistosity development

Préalpes bibliography (Reference data base)

During the many years of research in the Préalpes fold and thrust belt in Switzerland and France it appeared interesting and helpfull to compile a reference data base on geologic topics sensu lato. Thus more than 880 references have been gathered in a data base. A brief discussion analyses the collected data, their distribution in time and the place of publication.

Publications

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Comments, questions, suggestions are welcome.----------- Jon.Mosar@unifr.ch