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Format: 238 Seiten , Illustrationen

ISBN: 5020072109 , 5-02-007210-9

Uniform Title: Tektonika kontinentov i okeanov

Note: CONTENTS FOREWORD: general information on the map (Yu. G. Leonov, V. E. Khain) 1. Authors, Convenors and sources of information 2. Legend (the main principles) 2.1. Areas of continental crust (continents and shelves) 2.1.1. Folded complexes 2.1.2. Orogenic complexes 2.1.3. Covers of platforms and pre-platform complexes of cratons 2.1.4. Associations of sedimentary and volcanic rocks, intrusions,regional metamorphism 2.2. Areas of oceanic and intermediary crust (inner and marginal seas) CONTINENTS 1. North America (J.C. Reed, Jr.) 1.1. The North American platform (craton) 1.1.1. Basement of the North American platform 1.1.2. Platform cover 1.2. Fold belts to the east and north of the North American platform 1.2.1. The Appalachian and Ouachita orogens 1.2.2. East Greenland orogen 1.2.3. Innuitian orogen 1.3. Cordilleran orogen 1.4. Antillean orogen 1.5. References 2. Europe (V.E. Khain) 2 . 1 . East European craton 2.1.1. Basement of the East European craton 2.1.2. Aulacogens and the platform cover 2.2. The Timan-Pechora and Mid-European platforms 2.3. Caledonian systems of NW Europe 2.3.1. The British Isles Caledonian fold system 2.3.2. The Caledonian fold system of Scandinavia 2.3.3. The Caledonian fold system of Svalbard (Spitsbergen) 2.4. Hercynian fold systems 2.5. Platforms with Baikalian, Caledonian and Hercynian basements 2.6. The Alpine fold belt 2.7. References 3. Asia (V.E. Khain) 3.1. The Hyperborean craton 3.2. The Siberian craton 3.2.1. The basement of the Siberian craton 3,2.2. The platform cover 3.3. The Sino-Korean craton 3.4. The South China (Yangtze) craton 3.5. The Indian craton 3.5.1. The basement of the Indian craton 3.5.2. The platform cover 3.6. The Tarim and Indosinian massifs 3.7. Fold systems of the Ural-Okhotsk fold belt, 3.7.1. The Uralian fold system 3.7.2. The Central Kazakhstan-Tien-Shan fold systems 3.7,3. The Altai-Sayan-Mongolian fold area 3.7.4. Peribaikalian and Transbaikalian fold systems 3.8. The West Siberian platform. 3.9. Fold systems of the Mediterranean belt 3.10. The East Asian marginal belt fold systems 3.11. References 4. South Aaerica (F.F.M. de Almeida) 4.1. the South American platform 4,1.1. Basement to the platform 4.1.2. Platform cover 4.2. The Patagonian platform 4.3. Fold structures of the Andean Cordillera and the Caribbean mountain system 4,3.1. Precambrian-Paleozoic fold belts 4.3.2. Mesozoic-Cenozoic fold belts 4.3.2.1. The Caribbean system 4.3.2.2. The North Andes 4.3.2.3. The Central Andes 4.4. References 5. Africa (H. de Carvalho, G. Choubert, A. Faure-Muret, R.M. Key, A. Kröner, V. Zabrodin. Edited by G. Choubert and A. Kröner) 5.1. Northern, Western and Central Africa (G. Choubert and A. Faure-Muret) 5.1.1. Precambrian evolution 5.1.1.1. Archaean complexes 5.1.1.2. Early Proterozoic fold systems The final cratonization 5.1.1.3. Late Proterozoic complexes of intracontinental fold belts 5.1.1.4. The Katanga (Pan-African) Upper Proterozoic epoch 5.1.1.4.a) Belts of primary consolidation 5,1.1.4.b) The Katanga geosynclinal complexes, the Central African craton cover, the West Congo fold belt 5.1.1.4.c) Late Proterozoic evolution of the West African craton Platform cover Mobile zones 5.1.2. Phanerozoic evolution 5.1.2.1. General review 5.1.2.2. Fold chains of the Atlas 5.1.2.3. The Rifo-Tellian Alpine fold chains 5.2. Angola (H. de Carvalho) 5.2.1. Precambrian complexes of the basement 5.2.1.1, Archaean cratonic nucleus, 5.2.1.2. Lower Proterozoic (Eburnean) complexes 5.2.1.3. Middle Proterozoic (Kibaran) complexes 5.2.1.4. Complexes of the Katanga cycle (Pan-African event) of the.Upper Proterozoic 5.2.2. Phanerozoic evolution 5.3. East and Northeast Africa (R.M. Key) 5.4. Southern Africa (R.M. Key, A. Kröner) 5.3.1. Precambrian complexes of the basement 5.3.1.1. The Tanzania craton 5.3.1.2. The Rusizian-Ubendian-Usagaran belt 5.3.1.3. The Irumide belt (A. Kröner) 5.3.1.4. The Mozambique orogenic belt 5.3.1.5. The Arabian-Nubian shield (A. Kröner)• 5.3.2. Paleozoic and Mesozoic covers. 5.3.3. Cenozoic cover and rift tectonics 5.4.1. Precambrian complexes of the African platform basement 5.4.1.1. The Zimbabwe craton 5.4.1.2. The Limpopo mobile belt 5.4.1.3. The Kaapvaal craton 5.4.1.4. Late Archaean and Early Proterozoic development of the Kaapvaal craton 5.4.1.5. Northwestern South Africa and Namibia 5.4.2. Phanerozoic evolution 5.4.2.1. The Cape fold belt. 5.4.2.2. The Karoo evolution 5.4.2.3. Cretaceous to Recent. 5.5. Madagascar (V. Zabrodin). 5.6. References 6. Australia (K.A. Plumb, Yu. G. Leonov). 6.1. The Australian platform (K.A. Plumb) 6.1.1. Pilbara block 6.1.1.1. Basement 6.1.1.2. Platform cover 6.1.2. Yilgarn block 6.1.3. North Australian craton 6.1.3.1. North Australian orogenic province 6.1.3.2. North Australian platform cover. 6.1.3.3. Northeast orogens 6.1.4. Capricorn orogen 6.1.4.1. Basement 6.1.4.2. Platform cover 6.1.5. Gawler province 6.1.5.1. Basement terrains 6.1.5.2. Platform cover 6.1.6. Central Australian mobile belts 6.1.7. Central Australian platform cover 6.2. Tasman Fold Belt (Yu. G. Leonov) 6.2.1. Adelaide and Kanmantoo fold systems 6.2.2. Thomson fold system 6.2.3. Lachlan fold system. 6.2.4. New England and Hodgkinson-Broken River fold systems 6.2.5. Platform cover 6.3. References 7. Antarctica (G.E. Grikurov) 7.1. The Antarctic platform 7.1.1. Basement complexes 7.1.2. Platform cover 7.2. Fold systems 7.2.1. The Transantarctic Mountains fold system (Ross Orogen) 7.2.2. The Antarctic Peninsula fold system (Andean Orogen) 7.2.3. Fold systems in Marie Byrd Land 7.2.4. The Ellsworth Mountains fold system 7.3. Young platforms 7.4. Conclusions 7.5. References OCEANS 1. The Arctic Ocean (Yu. E. Pogrebitsky) 1.1. The Norwegian-Greenlandian basin 1.2. The Eurasian basin 1.3. The Amerasian basin 1.4. The mobile belt of the continental slopes 1.5. Shelf plates 1.6. References 2. The Atlantic Ocean (G.B. Udintsev) 2.1. North Atlantic 2.1.1. The North Atlantic link of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2.1.2. Tile eastern sector of the North Atlantic 2.1.3. The western sector of the North Atlantic 2.2. Equatorial Atlantic 2.2.L The Mid-Atlantic Ridge 2.2.2. The African sector of the Equatorial Atlantic 2.2.3. The South American sector of the Equatorial Atlantic 2.3. South and Antarctic Atlantic 2.3.1. The system of mid-oceanic ridges 2.3.2. The eastern (African) sector of the South Atlantic 2.3.3. The western (South American) sector of the South Atlantic 2.3.4. The Antarctic Atlantic 2.4. References 3. The Indian Ocean (V.E. Milanovsky, Yu.P. Neprochnov) 3.1. The midoceanic ridges 3.1.1. The NW Mid-Indian Ridge 3.1.2. The SW Mid-Indian Ridge 3.1.3. The SE Mid-Indian Ridge 3.1.4. The triple junction region 3.2. The African segment 3.3. The Antarctic segment 3.4. The Asian-Australian segment 3.5. References 4. The Pacific Ocean (Yu. M. Pushcharovsky, V.E. Khain) 4.1. The East Pacific Rise 4.2. The southern part of the Pacific 4,3. The region east of the East Pacific Rise 4.3.1. Ocean floor structures 4.3.2. Ridges of the eastern Pacific margin 4.4. The area west of the East Pacific Rise 4.4.1, The NE sector of the Pacific 4.4.2. The NW sector of the Pacific 4.4.3. System of trenches, island arcs and marginal seas of the western Pacific periphery 4.5. References

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Author information: Chain, Viktor E. 1914-2009