Evolution of North America /

In revising his now classic work on the geology of North America, Philip B. King has devoted attention both to the new concepts of global tectonics and to new facts obtained from fieldwork in recent years. From its overview of the natural history of continents, to the sections describing the charact...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: King, Philip Burke (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1711
Temas:
Geology > North America.
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • REFERENCE MATERIAL
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTINENTS
  • CHAPTER II. THE CANADIAN SHIELD AND ITS ANCIENT ROCKS
  • CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS AND THE SCIENCE OF GENTLY DIPPING STRATA
  • CHAPTER IV. APPALACHIAN AND RELATED SYSTEMS; PALEOZOIC STRUCTURES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF CENTRAL STABLE REGION
  • CHAPTER V. LANDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF THE CONTINENT: MODERN ANALOGUES OF GEOSYNCLINES
  • CHAPTER VI. THE MOUNTAIN BELT OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA; INTRODUCTION TO THE CORDILLERAN SYSTEM
  • CHAPTER VII. THE EASTERN RANGES AND PLATEAUS; A NOVEL STRUCTURAL ELEMENT
  • CHAPTER VIII. THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA: ITS GEOSYNCLINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BELT THAT FORMED FROM IT
  • CHAPTER IX. CENOZOIC ROCKS AND STRUCTURES OF THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA; LATER MODIFICATIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE
  • EPILOGUE
  • SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED
  • Backmatter

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