Geology at Every Scale
Geology at Every Scale

Author: Annette Summers Engel

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2018-03-30

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0813700507

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"The chapters in this guidebook are organized according to major geologic themes, starting first with field trips in the Knoxville area that highlight, in some way, local carbonates, and then by ending with field trips focused on regional tectonics that include travel to North and South Carolina and Georgia"--

The Geology of the Carolinas
The Geology of the Carolinas

Author: J. Wright Horton

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780870496622

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To celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, the Carolina Geological Society invited forty-three authors to contribute to the creation of The Geology of the Carolinas. The only comprehensive, modern treatment of the subject, the volume has been prepared for a diverse readership ranging from undergraduate students to specialists in the fields of geology and related earth sciences. Following the editors' general introduction are chapters on Precambrian and Paleozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Appalachian Blue Ridge and Piedmont; rocks of early Mesozoic rift basins, formed just before the opening of the Atlantic Ocean; Cretaceous and Tertiary sedimentary deposits of the Atlantic Coastal Plain; Quaternary geology and geomorphology; Cenozoic tectonism, including evidence for the recurrence of large earthquakes near Charleston; and an overview of mineral resources in the Carolinas. The book includes an index of field guides produced by the society and a thorough bibliography. By introducing exciting new concepts and focusing on challenging problems on the frontiers of research, this authoritative book will stimulate research in the years to come. The Editors: J. Wright Horton, Jr., is a research geologist for the United States Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia. Victor A. Zullo is a professor of geology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Stratigraphic Notes, 1984
Stratigraphic Notes, 1984

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Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Nine short papers present changes in stratigraphic nomenclature in California, Nevada, Arizona, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, South Carolina, and Massachusetts, and a revised Mississippian time scale for the western interior region of the United States.

Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems
Linkages and Feedbacks in Orogenic Systems

Author: Richard D. Law

Publisher: Geological Society of America

Published: 2017-09-11

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0813712130

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Dedicated to Bob Hatcher, this Memoir explores linkages between tectonic processes through a series of field-, numerical- and laboratory-based studies, concentrating on feedback mechanisms within ancient and evolving orogens by which individual or linked tectonic processes may influence or predetermine the operation of other processes in space and time. Case studies cover a wide range of ancient to modern orogens: the Svecofennian of southern Finland, the Gyeonggi Massif of Korea, the Caledonides of northern Scotland, the Variscan of the East European craton, the Appalachians of the eastern United States, the European Alps and Dinarides, north Cascades of the northwestern United States, and the Himalaya. Emphasis is placed on integration between data sets developed from a wide range of analytical approaches, including: field mapping, seismic reflection profiling, strain analyses, petrology, isotopic dating, and numerical modeling-based studies of thermal evolution associated with tectonic processes such as thrust-related burial and exhumation.