Ancient Orogens and Modern Analogues - Special Publication 327 - Hardcover

J. B. Murphy; J. D. Keppie; A. J. Hynes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1862392897 ISBN 13: 9781862392892

Publisher: Geological Society of London, 2009

Synopsis

The International Geoscience Programme conducted a research project from 1999 to 2004 called Uniformitarianism Revisited: a Comparison Between Modern and Ancient Orogens, which sought to enhance understanding of causes and effects of modern and ancient mountain belts. The 17 studies here emerged from that effort. In sections on Mezozoic-Cenozoic, Palaeozoic/Neoproterozoic, and Proterozoic orogens, they explore such topics as Andean flat-slab subduction through time, plate tectonics of the Alpine realm, constraints from detrital zircon age data on the palaeozoic palaeogeography of Mexico, ocean mafic complexes, Neoproterozoic reworking of the Palaeoproterozoic Capricorn Orogen of Western Australia and implications for the amalgamation of Rodinia, and the Palaeoproterozoic Trans-Hudson Orogen as a prototype of modern accretionary processes. Distributed in the US by The Geological Society. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this edition

• Publisher: Geological Society of London
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1862392897
• ISBN 13: 9781862392892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 327