Author: J.C. SAMPLEPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Structural style and kinematics of an underplated slate belt, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska
Author: J.C. SAMPLEStructure, Tectonics, and Sedimentology of the Kodiak Formation, Kodiak and Adjacent Islands, Alaska
Author: James Clifford SamplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Formations (Geology)
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Author: Open-file Report
Author: Mélanges
Author: John WakabayashiPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724805
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Tectonic Growth of a Collisional Continental Margin
Author: Kenneth D. RidgwayPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724317
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
"The convergent margin of southern Alaska is considered one of the type areas for understanding the growth of continental margins through collisional tectonic processes. Collisional processes that formed this margin were responsible for multiple episodes of sedimentary basin development, subduction complex growth, magmatism, and deformation. Two main collisional episodes shaped this Mesozoic-Cenozoic continental margin. The first event was the Mesozoic collision of the allochthonous Wrangellia composite terrane. This event represents the largest addition of juvenile crust to western North America in the past 100 m.y. The second event is the ongoing collision of the Yakutat terrane along the southeastern margin of Alaska. This Cenozoic event has produced the highest coast mountain range on Earth (Saint Elias Mountains), the Wrangell continental arc, and sedimentary basins throughout southern Alaska. Active collisional processes continue to shape the southern margin of Alaska, mainly through crustal shortening and strike-slip deformation, large-magnitude earthquakes, and rapid uplift and exhumation of mountain belts and high sedimentation rates in adjacent sedimentary basins. This volume contains 24 articles that integrate new geophysical and geologic data, including many field-based studies, to better link the sedimentary, structural, geochemical, and magmatic processes that are important for understanding the development of collisional continental margins."--Publisher's website.
Thermal Evolution of the Tertiary Shimanto Belt, Southwest Japan
Author: Michael B. UnderwoodPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813722733
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins
Author: Cathy BusbyPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444347144
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Investigating the complex interplay between tectonics and sedimentation is a key endeavor in modern earth science. Many of the world's leading researchers in this field have been brought together in this volume to provide concise overviews of the current state of the subject. The plate tectonic revolution of the 1960's provided the framework for detailed models on the structure of orogens and basins, summarized in a 1995 textbook edited by Busby and Ingersoll. Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins: Recent Advances focuses on key topics or areas where the greatest strides forward have been made, while also providing on-line access to the comprehensive 1995 book. Breakthroughs in new techniques are described in Section 1, including detrital zircon geochronology, cosmogenic nuclide dating, magnetostratigraphy, 3-D seismic, and basin modelling. Section 2 presents the new models for rift, post-rift, transtensional and strike slip basin settings. Section 3 addresses the latest ideas in convergent margin tectonics, including the sedimentary record of subduction intiation and subduction, flat-slab subduction, and arc-continent collision; it then moves inboard to forearc basins and intra-arc basins, and ends with a series of papers formed under compessional strain regimes, as well as post-orogenic intramontane basins. Section 4 examines the origin of plate interior basins, and the sedimentary record of supercontinent formation. This book is required reading for any advanced student or professional interested in sedimentology, plate tectonics, or petroleum geoscience. Additional resources for this book can be found at: www.wiley.com/go/busby/sedimentarybasins.
Scientific Prospectus
Author: Geology of a Transpressional Orogen Developed During Ridge-trench Interaction Along the North Pacific Margin
Author: Virginia Baker SissonPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 9780813723716
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Accompanying CD-ROM contains maps using the comercial drawing program Adobe Illustrator 9.0 for Wintel systems.