Historical Geotectonics - Mesozoic and Cenozoic

1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-5410-227-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1179 g

Examines the structural evolution of the Earth's crust from the Triassic period to the present. The book describes the patterns of distribution, and the composition and accumulation conditions of formations in the various geological periods in all the continents and oceans.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balukhovsky, A. N.

Khain, V.E.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Historische Geologie, Geochronologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Tektonik, Strukturgeologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. MIDDLE TRIASSIC TO MIDDLE JURASSIC: EVE OF BREAK-UP OF PANGAEA II 1.1 Regional Review: Pangaea II (Cratons and Orogens, 1.2 Regional Review: Mobile (Geosynclinal) Belts, 1.3 Tectonic Regimes, Basic Structural Units and Their Development in the Middle Triassic to Middle Jurassic Time LATE JURASSIC-EARLY CRETACEOUS: BREAK-UP OF PANGAEA II AND FIRST PHASE OF OPENING OF YOUNG OCEANS 2.1 Regional Review: Continents (Continental Cratons and Orogens) and Their Margins 2.2 Regional Review: Mobile (Geosynclinal) Belts, 2.3 Regional Review: Oceans 2.4 Tectonic Regimes, Basic Structural Units and Their Development in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous 3. LATE CRETACEOUS-EARLY PALAEOGENE: COMPLETION OF BREAK-UP OF PANGAEA II AND GONDWANA, FORMATION OF PRESENT-DAY CONTINENTS AND MATURE PHASE OF OCEAN DEVELOPMENT 3.1 Regional Review: Continents (Continental Cratons and Orogens) and Their Margins 3.2 Regional Review: Mobile (Geosynclinal) Belts 3.3 Regional Review: Oceans 3.4 Tectonic Regimes, Main Structural Units and Their Development in Late Cretaceous and Early Palaeogene 4. OLIGOCENE-QUATERNARY PERIOD: RISE OF CONTINENTS AND DEEPENING OF OCEANS 4.1 Regional Review: Continents (Continental Cratons and Orogens) and Their Margins 4.2 Regional Review: Mobile (Geosynclinal) Belts 4.3 Regional Review: Oceans 4.4 Tectonic Regimes, Main Structural Units and Their Development in the Oligocene-Quaternary Period 5. GENERAL FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH’S CRUST IN THE MESOZOIC AND CENOZOIC 5.1 Break-up of Pangaea II, Formation of Young Oceans and Development of Continents and Mobile Belts 5.2 Transgressions and Regressions 5.3 Ophiolites and Metamorphics of High Pressure and Low Temperature 5.4 Island Arc Volcanism and Marginal-Continental Volcanic Belts 5.5 Granitoid Plutonism and Regional Metamorphism of Low and Moderate Pressure 5.6 Epochs of High Tectonic Activity 5.7 Rifting Processes CONCLUSIONS. MAIN TRENDS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH, LITHOSPHERE AND CRUST

Über Autor(innen)

A.N. Balukhovsky, V.E. Khain