UID:
almahu_9948026532302882
Umfang:
1 online resource (626 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-92871-2
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1-282-16905-X
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9786612169052
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9786611928711
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0-08-092936-2
Serie:
Sedimentary basins of the world ; 5
Inhalt:
In recent years there have been rapid strides in our understanding of plate-tectonic processes, many developments in methods of basin analysis, and the accumulation of much new surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data. Projects such as COCORP (in the United States) and Lithoprobe (in Canada) have provided essential insights into the deep crustal structure of the continent. Synthesis of all the available information about North America's geological regions has not been attempted systematically since the "Decade of North American Geology? project undertaken by the Geological Societ
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front cover; The sedimentary basins of the United States and Canada; Elsevier; Contents; Contributors; Introduction and Acknowledgments; International Stratigraphic Chart; Chapter 1. The Phanerozoic Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of North America; 1. Introduction; 2. The Major Phases of Tectonic Development; 3. Phase One: The Construction of Pangea; 4. Phase Two: Development of the Southern Mid-Continent and Ancestral Rockies; 5. Phase Three: Breakup of Pangea and Formation of the Cordilleran Orogen; 6. Late Cenozoic Modifications; Acknowledgments; References
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Chapter 2. Phanerozoic Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover of the North American Craton1. Introduction; 2. Definition of a Craton; 3. Tectonic Elements of the North American Craton; 4. Controls on Evolution of the Cratonic Cover; 5. Phanerozoic Evolution of the Cratonic Platform Cover; 6. The North American Intracratonic Basins; 7. Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Appalachian Foreland Basin of Canada; 1. Introduction; 2. Regional Geological Setting; 3. Tectonostratigraphic Domains of the Appalachians; 4. The Taconian-Deformed Basins - The Humber Zone
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5. The Post-Taconian to Acadian Basins6. The Sea Level Record in the Lower to Middle Paleozoic Appalachians in Eastern Canada: Eustasy vs. Tectonism; 7. Hydrocarbon Potential of the Appalachian Basins; References; Chapter 4. The Appalachian Foreland Basin in Eastern United States; 1. Introduction; 2. Appalachian Basin Elements and Limits; 3. Influence of Precambrian Events and Basement; 4. PaleogeographicsolPaleoclimatic Framework; 5. Eustatic Framework; 6. Flexural Modeling of Foreland-Basin Sedimentation
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7. Generating the Appalachian Margin: Late Precambrian-Early Cambrian Rifting and Rift Fill (sim765-sim535Ma)8. The Appalachian Passive Margin; 9. Two Orogenic Cycles and the Origin of the Appalachian Foreland Basin; 10. Alleghanian Mountains, Post-Orogenic Collapse and Extension; 11. Economic Resources and Potential; 12. Discussion and Summary; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. The Paleozoic Western Craton Margin; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Background; 3. The Rifted Margin of Laurentia; 4. The Sauk Sequence and the Cambrian-Ordovician Shelf-to-Basin Transition
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5. Middle Ordovician-Early Devonian (Tippecanoe Sequence)6. Grand Cycles; 7. Lower to Upper Devonian (Kaskaskia-I Sequence); 8. Mississippian Arc Collisions and Termination of Parts of the ''Passive'' Laurentian Margin (Kaskaskia-II Sequence); 9. Pennsylvanian-Permian (Absaroka-I and II Sequences); 10. Triassic-Jurassic: Termination of the ''Passive'' Continental Margin; 11. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. The Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada: Basin Creation and Destruction in the Collisional Zone of Pangea; 1. Introduction
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2. Importance for History of Geology and Sedimentary Research
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-444-50425-7
Sprache:
Englisch
