The Tectonic Evolution of the Caledonide-Appalachian Orogen
Author: Rodney A. Gayer
Publisher: Braunschweig : Vieweg
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13:
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From Rodinia to Pangea
Author: Richard P. Tollo
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 972
ISBN-13: 0813712068
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The Appalachians constitute one of Earth's major tectonic features and have served as a springboard for innovative geologic thought for more than 170 years. This volume contains 36 original papers reporting the results of research performed throughout nearly the entire length and breadth of the Appalachian region, including all major provinces and geographical areas. Memoir 206 was designed to commemorate the (near-)fortieth anniversary of the publication of the classic Studies of Appalachian Geology volumes that appeared just prior to the application of plate tectonic concepts to the region. Contributions concerning structural evolution, sedimentation, stratigraphy, magmatic processes, metamorphism, tectonics, and terrane accretion illustrate the wide range of ongoing research in the area and collectively serve to mark the considerable progress in scientific thought that has occurred during the past four decades."--pub. desc.
Structural Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Sognefjord Transect, Caledonian Orogen, Southern Norway
Author: A. G. Milnes
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 0813700191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Sognefjord transect through the Lower to Middle Paleozoic Caledonian orogenic belt in southern Norway provides a superb and exceptionally well-documented example of late collisional, Alpine-type tectonics. This field guide is the first synthesis of the region to include detailed locality descriptions.
Terranes in the Circum-Atlantic Paleozoic Orogens
Author: R. D. Dallmeyer
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 1989-01-01
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 0813722306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvolution of Laurussia
Author: Peter A. Ziegler
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 940090469X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKZiegler (geology, U. of Basel, Switzerland) provides an overview of the late Palaeozoic evolution of North America, Europe, the Arctic and North Africa in a plate tectonics framework. The late Palaeozoic evolution of Laurussia is illustrated by a set of ten interpretive palaeotectonic palaeogeograph
The Rhenish Massif
Author: Andreas Vogel
Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
Published: 2014-01-13
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 3663018865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeology of the Appalachian—Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland
Author: Harold Williams
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 951
ISBN-13: 0813754518
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the Canadian Appalachian region. The chapter on the East Greenland Caledonides stands alone and there is no attempt to integrate the geological accounts of the two far removed regions. Rocks of the Canadian Appalachian region are described under four broad temporal divisions: lower Paleozoic and older, middle Paleozoic, upper Paleozoic, and Mesozoic. The rocks of these temporal divisions define geographic zones, belts, basins, and graben, respectively. The area is of special interest because so many modern concepts of mountain building are based on Appalachian rocks & structures.
Whence the Mountains?
Author: James W. Sears
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0813724333
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 19 original papers on the tectonic evolution of mountain systems were collected to mark the 50th anniversary of Price's description of the Canadian Cordillera. A sampling of topics turns up the driving mechanism and three-dimensional circulation of plate tectonics, the Belt-Purcell Basic as the keystone of the Rocky Mountain fold-and-thrust belt in the US and Canada, Silurian-Devonian orogenic events in the central Appalachians and the crystalline southern Appalachians, and defining the eastern boundary of the North Asian craton from structural and subsidence history studies of the Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt. A fold-out sheet of color maps and diagrams is tucked into a pocket inside the back cover.
New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan Orogen
Author: Yvette D. Kuiper
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2022-08-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0813725542
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This volume provides a comprehensive overview of our understanding of the evolution of the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan orogen. It takes the reader along a clockwise path around the North Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. and Canadian Appalachians; to the Caledonides of Spitsbergen, Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland; and thence south to the Variscides of Morocco"--
New Perspectives on the Caledonides of Scandinavia and Related Areas
Author: F. Corfu
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2014-04-14
Total Pages: 710
ISBN-13: 186239377X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Caledonides are a major orogenic belt that stretches from the Arctic, through Scandinavia, East Greenland, Britain and Ireland into the Atlantic coast of North America. Following the break-up of Rodinia, the Caledonides formed in the Palaeozoic by the drifting of various continents and their eventual aggregation in the Silurian and Devonian. The orogen subsequently fragmented during the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. This volume brings together 25 papers presenting the results of modern research that investigates the orogenic processes and the provenance of specific components of the belt. The contributions reflect different lines of research, linking traditional field studies with modern analytical techniques. In addition three overview papers summarize the main features of the belts in Scandinavia, Svalbard, East Greenland, Britain and Ireland, highlighting the advances made since the last major synthesis of the Scandinavian Caledonides 30 years ago, and discussing important open questions.
