North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1989.
Temas:
Geology, Structural > North America.
Continental margins > North America.
Plate tectonics > North America.
Marges continentales > Amérique du Nord.
Tectonique des plaques > Amérique du Nord.
Continental margins
Geology, Structural
Plate tectonics
North America
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program
  • Copyright
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • 1 Overview
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
  • PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS
  • NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT
  • PRESENT AND PAST CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION
  • North American Continental Zonation
  • Corridors
  • 2 Major Scientific Problems
  • 3 Needed Investigations
  • SYNTHESES
  • TOPICAL INVESTIGATIONS
  • PROCESSES OF CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITIONS
  • TECHNIQUES
  • 4 New Developments
  • GLOBAL GEOSCIENCE TRANSECTS PROJECT
  • DIGITAL DATA
  • 5 Major Topical ProblemsGENERAL PROBLEMS
  • 1. Processes of Modern Active Margins
  • 2. Processes of Passive Margins
  • 3. Tectonic Heredity
  • 4. Tectonic Significance of Magmas and Magmatic Rocks
  • 5. Identification and Processes of Terrane Boundaries
  • 6. Kinematics of Orogenic Belts
  • 7. Implications of High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks in Orogenic Belts
  • 8. Dating of Events in Orogenic Belts
  • 9. Foreland Deformation and Tectonic Coupling
  • 10. Diagnostic Geophysical Expressions of Tectonic Units
  • 11. Deep Continental Crustal Structure and Origin12. Phanerozoic Changes in Proterozoic North America
  • SPECIFIC (PRIORITY) PROBLEMS
  • 1. Underplating and Tectonic Attrition
  • 2. Origin of the Moho and Lower Crust
  • 3. Absolute Chronology of Tectonic Events
  • 4. Strike-Slip Components of Terrane Displacement Paths
  • 6 The 23 Transects: Synopses, Findings, and Problems
  • Transect A2 Kodiak to Kuskokwim, Alaska
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect A3 Gulf of Alaska to the Arctic Ocean
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect B1 Intermontane Belt (Skeena Mountains) to Insular Belt (Queen Charlotte Islands)Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect B2 Juan De Fuca Plate to Alberta Plains
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Problems
  • Transect B3 Juan De Fuca Spreading Ridge to Montana Thrust Belt
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Problems
  • Transect C1 Mendocino Triple Junction to North American Craton
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect C2 Central California Offshore to Colorado Plateau
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect C3 Pacific Abyssal Plain to Rio Grande Rift
  • Synopsis and FindingsProblems
  • Transects D1 to D4 Eastern Canada and North Atlantic Ocean
  • Transect D1: Northern Appalachians: (West Sheet) Grenville Province, Quebec, to Newfoundland; (East ...
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect D2: Transform margin south of Grand Banks: Offshore eastern Canada
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect D3: Rifted continental margin off Nova Scotia: Offshore eastern Canada
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transect D4: Rifted continental margin off Labrador
  • Synopsis and Findings
  • Transects D1 to D4: Problems

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