Ancient Landscapes of Western North America
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Ancient Landscapes of Western North America
A Geologic History with Paleogeographic Maps
Ranney, Wayne D.; Blakey, Ronald C.
Springer International Publishing AG
09/2018
228
Mole
Inglês
9783319866680
15 a 20 dias
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Geologic setting of the Cordillera: Introduction to terranes.- Overview of modern landscapes and geology, Western North America.- Proterozoic - origin of continental crust and passive margin history.- Passive margins and broad seaways - Early Pz (Camb-Dev).- First accretion - Antler orogeny (Dev-Miss).- Unstable margin - Marginal Island Arcs and terrane juxtaposition (Miss-Penn).- Second Accretion - Sonoman orogeny (Perm-Tr).- Cordilleran Arc - Sevier orogeny - volcanoes, batholiths, and more terranes (J-K).- Shallow subduction and arc disruption (Paleogene).- Transform margin and crustal extension (Neogene).- Canyons and glaciers - shaping the modern landscape (Pleistocene to Recent).- Special places - where to see the landscapes.- Use of Plaeogeographic maps.- New North American series (whole or cropped to area covered) - broad areas and broad events - to provide broad geologic setting.- Colorado Plateau-SW North America series - regional detail and events of N Mexico, California, Nevada, Western Arizona, Western Utah, Oregon, Idaho.- Global series - broad geologic setting of Western North America through geologic time.
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Earthquakes;Faults;Geology Pacific Coast;North American Cordillera;North American accretion;Paleogeography;Plate tectonics;Subduction;Terrane accretion;Volcanic history;structural geology;world regional geography
Geologic setting of the Cordillera: Introduction to terranes.- Overview of modern landscapes and geology, Western North America.- Proterozoic - origin of continental crust and passive margin history.- Passive margins and broad seaways - Early Pz (Camb-Dev).- First accretion - Antler orogeny (Dev-Miss).- Unstable margin - Marginal Island Arcs and terrane juxtaposition (Miss-Penn).- Second Accretion - Sonoman orogeny (Perm-Tr).- Cordilleran Arc - Sevier orogeny - volcanoes, batholiths, and more terranes (J-K).- Shallow subduction and arc disruption (Paleogene).- Transform margin and crustal extension (Neogene).- Canyons and glaciers - shaping the modern landscape (Pleistocene to Recent).- Special places - where to see the landscapes.- Use of Plaeogeographic maps.- New North American series (whole or cropped to area covered) - broad areas and broad events - to provide broad geologic setting.- Colorado Plateau-SW North America series - regional detail and events of N Mexico, California, Nevada, Western Arizona, Western Utah, Oregon, Idaho.- Global series - broad geologic setting of Western North America through geologic time.
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