Belt Basin: Window to Mesoproterozoic Earth
Title | Belt Basin: Window to Mesoproterozoic Earth PDF eBook |
Author | John S. MacLean |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2016-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813725224 |
With its thickness of more than 15 km of strata, covering some 200,000 km2, the Belt basin displays one of the planet's largest, best-exposed, most accessible, and best-preserved sequences of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. This volume focuses on research into this world-class province; kindles ideas about this critical era of Earth evolution; and covers aspects of the basin from its paleontology, mineralogy, sedimentology, and stratigraphy to its magmatism, ore deposits, geophysics, and structural geology.
Unfolding the Geology of the West
Title | Unfolding the Geology of the West PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen M. Keller |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2016-09-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0813700442 |
"Sixteen geologic field guides explore areas in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Montana"--
Geologic Field Trips of the Canadian Rockies
Title | Geologic Field Trips of the Canadian Rockies PDF eBook |
Author | Jean C.C. Hsieh |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2017-08-10 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0813700485 |
"This volume includes guides to the Canadian Rocky Mountain fold and thrust belt, Late Cretaceous geology and fossils of Dinosaur Provincial Park, Lower to Middle Cambrian of the southern Canadian Rockies, the Mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup in Glacier and Waterton Lakes national parks, and Montney Formation analogs"--
Proterozoic Nuna to Pleistocene Megafloods
Title | Proterozoic Nuna to Pleistocene Megafloods PDF eBook |
Author | Mark D. McFaddan |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2024-05-23 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0813700698 |
Ancient Supercontinents and the Paleogeography of Earth
Title | Ancient Supercontinents and the Paleogeography of Earth PDF eBook |
Author | Lauri J. J Pesonen |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 2021-10-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0128185341 |
Ancient Supercontinents and the Paleogeography of Earth offers a systematic examination of Precambrian cratons and supercontinents. Through detailed maps of drift histories and paleogeography of each continent, this book examines topics related to Earth's tectonic evolution prior to Pangea, including plate kinematics, orogenic development, and paleoenvironments. Additionally, this book discusses the methodologies used, principally paleomagnetism and tectonostratigraphy, and addresses geophysical topics of mantle dynamics and geodynamo evolution over billions of years. Structured clearly with consistent coverage for Precambrian cratons, this book combines state-of-the-art paleomagnetic and geochronologic data to reconstruct the paleogeography of the Earth in the context of major climatic events such as global glaciations. It is an ideal, up-to-date reference for geoscientists and geographers looking for answers to questions surrounding the tectonic evolution of Earth. - Provides robust paleogeographies of Precambrian cratons based on high-quality paleomagnetic and geochronologic data and critically tested by global geological datasets - Includes links to updated databases for the Precambrian such as PALEOMAGIA and the Global Paleomagnetic Database (GPMDB) - Presents full-color maps of the drift histories of each continent as well as their paleogeographies - Discusses key questions regarding continental drift, the supercontinent cycle, and the geomagnetic dipole hypothesis and analyzes palaeography in the context of Earth's holistic evolution
Laurentia
Title | Laurentia PDF eBook |
Author | Steven J. Whitmeyer |
Publisher | Geological Society of America |
Pages | 824 |
Release | 2023-01-04 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0813712203 |
"This Memoir focuses on 7 'turning points' that had specific and lasting impacts on Laurentian evolution: The Neoarchean, characterized by cratonization; the Paleoproterozoic and the initial assembly of Laurentia; the Mesoproterozoic southern margin of Laurentia; the Midcontinent rift and the Grenville orogeny; (5) the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia; the mid-Paleozoic phases of the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen; and the Jurassic-Paleogene assembly of the North American Cordillerar"--
Mountain Building
Title | Mountain Building PDF eBook |
Author | György Hetényi |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021-12-22 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 2889718506 |