The sedimentary basins of the United States and Canada /

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Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Oxford, U.K. ; Boston, Mass. : Elsevier Science, 2008.
Description:xi, 610 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Language:English
Series:Sedimentary basins of the world ; 5
Sedimentary basins of the world ; 5.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7489618
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Other authors / contributors:Miall, Andrew D.
ISBN:9780444504258 (hbk.)
0444504257 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Phanerozoic tectonic and sedimentary evolution of North America
  • 2. Phanerozoic evolution of the sedimentary cover of the North American Craton
  • 3. Appalachian foreland basin of Canada
  • 4. Appalachian foreland basin in Eastern United States
  • 5. The Paleozoic western craton margin
  • 6. The Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada: Basin creation and destruction in the collisional zone of Pangeo
  • 7. Pennsylvanian-Jurassic sedimentary basins of the Colorado Plateau and Southern Rocky Mountains
  • 8. The southern Midcontinent, Permian Basin and Ouachitas
  • 9. The Western Interior Basin
  • 10. Cordilleran sedimentary basins of Western Canada record 180 million years of terrane accretion
  • 11. Subduction-related sedimentary basins of the USA Cordillera
  • 12. Laramide sedimentary basins
  • 13. Sverdrup Basin
  • 14. Atlantic margin basins
  • 15. Depositional evolution of the Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin
  • 16. Geology of the Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic Beaufort-Mackenzie basin, Canada
  • 17. Postscript: What have we learned and where do we go from here?