Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution (Geodynamics Series, Volume 17)
Language: English
Published by American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1987
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Description: Many figure illustrations. Publication number 0130 of the International Lithosphere Program. From the preface: ''This volume summarizes recent advances in research to elucidate the evolution of the Proterozoic continental crust and is based on a symposium entitled 'Proterozoic Crustal Dynamics and Lithospheric Evolution' that was held during the Special Session on the International Lithosphere Programme at the 27th International Geological Congress in Moscow, in August 1984.'' Foreword by Raymond A Price. This presents eighteen papers -- a partial listing of titles follows: Phanerozoic and Precambrian crustal growth. Petrologic aspects of Precambrian granulite facies terrains bearing on their origins. Fluid distribution in the continental lithosphere. Precambrian carbonaceous formations: their evolution and metal content. Early and middle proterozoic provinces in the central Unites States. Seismic features of proterozoic crust in northern Australia and their evolution. The Precambrian history of the Baltic shield. Geodynamic significance of contrasting granitoid types in northern Sweden. Pan-African crustal evolution in the Nubian segment of Northeast Africa. Proterozoic crustal development in the Pan-African regime of Nigeria. More. BINDNG/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt; owner's name stamped in three places ( front endpaper and the top and bottom edges of the text block), Good condition. 10.75 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide. 273 pages.…
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- Title
- Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution (Geodynamics Series, Volume 17)
- Author
- Kroner [Kröner], A (editor)
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
- Publication year
- 1987
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardbound
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 087590517X
- ISBN 13
- 9780875905174
- Dimensions
- 10.75 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 17.
There have been significant new results in many fields of the earth sciences as concerns the Proterozoic, and many of these originated from new techniques, new concepts and from increasing multidisciplinary research. The most significant result, perhaps, is the recognition of a major crust-forming event of global proportions some 1.7 to 2 Ga ago when juvenile crust was generated in a variety of tectonic settings that are still vigorously debated. Arguments for subduction-related horizontal accretion during the mid-Proterozoic are presented for North America and the Baltic Shield while the Australian crust does not seem to fit such a pattern, and vertical accretion is favored there. In northeast Africa arc and microplate accretion with extensive ophiolite obduction in the late Proterozoic is remarkably similar to modern tectonic processes such as in the SW Pacific, while crust-generation rates seem to have been abnormally high at that time and in this region. In contrast, models for intracrustal orogeny are preferred to explain the evolution of some late Proterozoic African terrains. Proterozoic foredeeps have been recognized adjacent to several major thrust belts in North America and contain major iron formations that may be genetically related to foredeep magmatism.
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