Meaning of palinspastic | Babel Free

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Showing the previous location of geological features, correcting for any intervening crustal movements.

not-comparable

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“To improve⟳ the accuracy of spatial reconstruction through time, it is necessary to estimate⟳ and restore⟳ bulk strain⟳ by working backward in time so that the maps represent⟳ palinspastic reconstructions of geologic development.”

“Exactly when the first palinspastic reconstruction was published is uncertain.”

“2009, K. Ustaszewski, et al., A map-view restoration of Alpine-Carpathian-Dinaridic system for the early Miocene, Nikolaus Froitzheim, Stefan M. Schmid (editors), Orogenic Processes in the Alpine Collision Zone, Swiss Journal of Geosciences Supplementary Issue⟳, page S276, Another set⟳ of palinspastic restorations aimed at restoring tectonic units based on the quantification of shortening amounts derived from balanced cross sections or from restoring offsets along major strike-slip faults.”

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