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Dec 14, 2010 · Both Argand and Staub were Swiss geologists of great influence in their time, and as confirmed “mobilists”, it could be expected that the community of Swiss geologists would immediately accept the theory of plate tectonics as soon as it appeared on the scene in the late 1960s.
- Jean-Paul Schaer
- jean-paul.schaer@unine.ch
- 2010
Nov 26, 2011 · Following the major contributions of Wegener and Argand (Part 1), it was the work of synthesis carried out by R. Staub that represented the major contribution Alpine geology made with respect to that heritage.
- Jean-Paul Schaer
- jean-paul.schaer@unine.ch
- 2011
He produced high resolution maps including the first to indicate tectonic regions in the Swiss Alps and came up with ideas on mountain formation based on the idea that there were alternating tectonic forces, Polflucht and Poldrift as suggested by Alfred Wegener.
Aug 1, 2001 · Staub’s (1924) grandiose synthesis of the Alps was illustrated in a 1:1,000,000 tectonic map and cross-sections, emphasizing the unilateral vergence of the orogenic belt. In contrast, Kober (1923) believed in the symmetric bilateral structure of the Alps, coupled with crustal attenuation in the axial zone.
- Giorgio V Dal Piaz
- 2001
His first works along these lines closely follow Argand’s ideas. In 1924 he published his masterpiece, Der Bau der Alpen. Staub produced the first modern tectonic map of the Alps and included numerous beautiful transverse sections, the latter an effort that has not been repeated since.
Aug 1, 2001 · In the 1920s Wegener’s theory of continental drift was endorsed by Argand and Staub in the Alpine–Himalayan ranges, in contrast with hostility on the other side of the Atlantic.
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