Geology Of North America
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Geology of North America An Overview
Author | : Albert W. Bally,Allison R. Palmer |
Publsiher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 633 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780813754451 |
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Summaries of the major features of the geology of North America and the adjacent oceanic regions are presented in 20 chapters. Topics covered include concise reviews of current thinking about Precambrian basement, Phanerozoic orogens, cratonic basins, passive-margin geology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions, marine and terrestrial geology of the Caribbean region and economic geology.
The Decade of North American Geology
Author | : Peter Richard Vogt,Brian E. Tucholke |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0813752078 |
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A Field Guide to Geology
Author | : David C. Roberts |
Publsiher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0618164383 |
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With more than 130 color photographs and 170 drawings, this book shows how to read geological history: plate movements, earthquakes, glaciers, rivers, seas, and other forces that have shaped the earth over millions of years. Each geological region of eastern North America is described vividly and illustrated with detailed maps and cross sections. Highway tours tell where to go to find the best examples of each kind of formation.
How the Mountains Grew
Author | : John Dvorak |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2021-08-03 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781643135755 |
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The incredible story of the creation of a continent—our continent— from the acclaimed author of The Last Volcano and Mask of the Sun. The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives—and the entirety of human history—are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains grew than the obvious: there were forces acting inside the Earth that caused mountains to rise. But what were those forces? And why did they act in some places of the planet and not at others? When the theory of plate tectonics was proposed, our concept of how the Earth worked experienced a momentous shift. As the Andes continue to rise, the Atlantic Ocean steadily widens, and Honolulu creeps ever closer to Tokyo, this seemingly imperceptible creep of the Earth is revealed in the landscape all around us. But tectonics cannot—and do not—explain everything about the wonders of the North American landscape. What about the Black Hills? Or the walls of chalk that stand amongst the rolling hills of west Kansas? Or the fact that the states of Washington and Oregon are slowly rotating clockwise, and there a diamond mine in Arizona? It all points to the geologic secrets hidden inside the 2-billion-year-old-continental masses. A whopping ten times older than the rocky floors of the ocean, continents hold the clues to the long history of our planet. With a sprightly narrative that vividly brings this science to life, John Dvorak's How the Mountains Grew will fill readers with a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the land we live on.
Mesozoic Assembly of the North American Cordillera
Author | : Robert S. Hildebrand |
Publsiher | : Geological Society of America |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780813724959 |
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"In this well-illustrated book, Hildebrand expands upon his model for the development of the North American Cordillera detailed in Special paper 457. Starting with an overview of Cordilleran geology he goes on to provide an in depth look at how the Rubian ribbon continent was assembled. He integrates the complex geology of the Cordillera into an actualistic model involving arc magmatism, arc-continent collision, slab failure magmatism, and transcurrent motion in both Rubia and the western North American margin. While much of the focus is on the assembly of the Rubian ribbon continent, Hildebrand explores its interactions with North America during the Sevier and Laramide events and concludes that North America was the lower plate in both"--Provided by publisher.
Abstracts of North American Geology
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1012 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112100603817 |
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Record of North American Geology for 1890
Author | : Nelson Horatio Darton |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112105068065 |
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Geologic Excursions in Southwestern North America
Author | : Philip A. Pearthree |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 553 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : 0813756553 |
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