Geological history of Britain and Ireland /
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| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science, 2000. |
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| Description: | viii, 423 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4337691 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction
- 1. Regional Geological History: Why And How
- 2. Geological Framework Of Britain And Irel
- Part II. The Northern Margin Of The Iapetus Ocean
- 3. Early Earth History And Development Of The Archaean Crust
- 4. Proterozoic Sedimentation, Orogenesis And Magmatism On The Laurentian Craton
- 5. Late Neoproterozoic To Early Ordovician Passive Margin Sedimentation Along The Laurentian Margin
- 6. The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc-Continent Collision Along The Laurentian Margin
- 7. Mid-Ordovician To Silurian Sedimentation And Tectonics On The Northern Active Margin Of Iapetus
- Part III. The Southern Margin Of The Iapetus Ocean
- 8. Neoproterozoic To Cambrian Accretionary History Of Eastern Avalonia And Armorica
- 9. The Cambrian And Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin Of Gondwana
- 10. Ordovician Volcanism And Sedimentation On Eastern Avalonia
- 11. Late Ordovician To Silurian Evolution Of Eastern Avalonia During Convergence With Laurentia
- Part IV. The End Of The Iapetus Ocean
- 12. The Caledonian Orogeny: A Multiple Plate Collision
- 13. Devonian Sedimentation And Volcanism On The Old Red Sandstone Continent
- Part V. The Variscan Cycle: Consolidation Of Pangaea
- 14. Carboniferous Sedimentation And Volcanism On The Laurussian Margin
- 15. The Variscan Orogeny: The Welding Of Pangaea
- Part VI. Post-Variscan Intraplate Setting
- 16. Permian To Late Triassic Post-Orogenic Collapse And Early Atlantic Rifting
- 17. Late Triassic To Jurassic: The Beginning Of The End For Pangaea
- 18. Early Cretaceous: Rifting And Sedimentation Before The Flood
- 19. Late Cretaceous To Early Tertiary Deposition Through The Global Highst
- 20. Tertiary Events: The North Atlantic Plume And Alpine Pulses
- 21. The Quaternary: The History Of An Ice Age
