Mesozoic-Cenozoic orogenic belts — Data for orogenic studies. A.M. Spencer (Editor), 1974. Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh, xvi + 809 pp., £ 30.00 : book review

Abstract

This compendium is a laudable attempt to make available tectonic data from Mesozoic- Tertiary orogens, aiming at a convenient and essentially objective presentation. This volume presents a great wealth of data concerning Mesozoic-Tertiary orogens, but even these facts are not always as unbiased as would be desirable for the inductive- deductive procedure of scientific verification. Moreover, for a more comprehensive understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the earth's crust, it is also necessary to make a relativistic analysis of the deformations and transformations of the lithospheric frame around these younger orogens. Nevertheless, this first volume on the long road of comprehensive, objective, and clear presentation of basic data can be strongly recommended to all students of geodynamics.