Terrane Accretion and Orogenic Belts (Geodynamics Series, Volume 19)

Leitch, Evan C and Erwin Scheibner (editors)

ISBN 10: 0875905161 / ISBN 13: 9780875905167

Published by American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1987

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Description: Many figure illustrations. Fold out map. From the preface: ''The unifying them of this collection of papers is the realisation that, in the analysis of orogenic belts, the present spatial juxtaposition of elements does not necessarily reflect their relative position throughout the history of the belt. Nearly all of the paper were presented at the Third Circum-Pacific Terrane Conference held in Sydney, Australia in August 1985.'' . This presents twenty-eight papers -- a partial listing of titles follows: Stratotectonic Terranes of the Eastern Australian Tasmanides. Terranes of the Wonominta Block, Far Western New South Wales. Terranes of the Tumut District, Southwestern New South Wales, Australia. Oroclinal Bending, Fragmentation and Deformation of Terranes sin the New England Orogen, Eastern Australia. Terrane Boundaries and Terrane Displacement in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Some Problem and Constraints. More. BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth with gilt; owner's name stamped in three places (front endpaper and the top and bottom edges of the text block), otherwise in Very Good condition. 4to (10.75 inches tall). 343 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Terrane Accretion and Orogenic Belts (Geodynamics Series, Volume 19)
• Publisher: American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875905161
• ISBN 13: 9780875905167
• Binding: Hardbound
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Math and Science

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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geodynamics Series, Volume 19.

The unifying theme of this collection of papers is the realisation that, in the analysis of erogenic belts, the present spatial juxtaposition of elements does not necessarily reflect their relative position throughout the history of the belt. Orogenic belts are assemblages of tectonostratigraphic terranes. The constituent rocks of individual terranes are clearly linked, but separated from those of adjacent terranes by dislocations, mainly faults, across which original continuity cannot be established. Thus many papers in this volume deal with the recognition of terranes, the nature of terrane boundaries, and the relationship of deformation and metamorphism to the amalgamation of terranes and their docking at cratonic margins. Movements on a scale of thousands of kilometres are involved across some terrane boundaries but these are only presently demonstrable in some orogens from detailed paleomagnetic and biogeographic studies, subjects also addressed in this volume.