Laurentia : turning points in the evolution of a continent /

Laurentia : turning points in the evolution of a continent /

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Imprint:	Boulder, Colorado : The Geological Society of America, 2023.
Description:	xvi, 804 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Memoir ; 220 Memoir (Geological Society of America) ; 220.
Subject:	Cratons -- North America. Orogenic belts -- North America. Paleogeography -- North America. Plate tectonics -- North America. Cratons. Orogenic belts. Paleogeography. Plate tectonics. Laurentia (Continent) Laurentia (Continent) North America.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12980582

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Other authors / contributors:	Whitmeyer, Steven J., editor. Williams, Michael L. (Michael Lloyd), editor. Kellett, D. A., 1979- editor. Tikoff, Basil, editor. Geological Society of America, publisher.
ISBN:	9780813712208 0813712203 9780813782201
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	"The North American continent has a rich record of the tectonic environments and processes that occur throughout much of Earth history. This Memoir focuses on 7 "turning points" that had specific and lasting impacts on Laurentian evolution : (1) The Neoarchean, characterized by cratonization ; (2) the Paleoproterozoic and the initial assembly of Laurentia ; (3) the Mesoproterozoic southern margin of Laurentia ; (4) the Midcontinent rift and the Grenville orogeny ; (5) the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia ; (6) the mid-Paleozoic phases of the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen ; and (7) the Jurassic-Paleogene assembly of the North American Cordillera. The chapters in this Memoir provide syntheses of current understanding of the geologic evolution of Laurentia and North America, as well as new hypotheses for testing."--

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Summary:	"This Memoir focuses on 7 turning points that had specific and lasting impacts on Laurentian evolution: The Neoarchean, characterized by cratonization; the Paleoproterozoic and the initial assembly of Laurentia; the Mesoproterozoic southern margin of Laurentia; the Midcontinent rift and the Grenville orogeny; the Neoproterozoic breakup of Rodinia; the mid-Paleozoic phases of the Appalachian-Caledonian orogen; and the Jurassic-Paleogene assembly of the North American Cordillera"--
Physical Description:	xvi, 804 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780813712208 0813712203 9780813782201