Principles of Practical Tectonic Analysis of Cratonic Regions With Particular Reference to Western North America
Steep crystalline-basement faults, commonly indicated by potential-field anomalies, played a crucial role in evolution of continental cratonic platforms. In the Phanerozoic Western Canada Sedimentary Province, history of crustal block movements and warps is reconstructed from the distribution of dep...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1999, 1999
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
Series: | Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Basic notions and definitions
- Structural-formational, tectonic étages as fundamental units of regional tectonic analysis
- Regional tectonic analysis of the Western Canada sedimentary province in Alberta, Saskatchewan and adjacent parts of the U.S.
- Methodological reasons for using structural-formational étages in regional tectonic analysis
- Reconstruction of structural history of a craton by using structural-formational étages in its cover and pre-cover volcano-sedimentary basins
- Finding an adequate regional tecnotic interpretation constrained by mappable properties of rocks
- Place of neotectonic and current crustal movements in regional tectonic studies
- Conclusions: Advantages of practical tectonics