Continental-crust structures on the continental margin of western North America /
The NE Pacific Ocean is considered the birthplace of many fundamental ideas for modern plate tectonics theory. In this book the orogenic belts of this region are discussed in a single, internally consistent tectonic concept. Geological information is considered the most reliable. Geophysical models...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer,
[1996]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in earth sciences ;
62. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The NE Pacific Ocean is considered the birthplace of many fundamental ideas for modern plate tectonics theory. In this book the orogenic belts of this region are discussed in a single, internally consistent tectonic concept. Geological information is considered the most reliable. Geophysical models are tested for compatibility with observable geological data. The new concept avoids force-fitting interpretations to preconceived assumptions regarding accreted far-traveled terranes in the Cordillera and continental-oceanic plate interactions in the entire region. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [328]-352). |
| ISBN: | 9783540495987 (electronic bk.) 3540495983 (electronic bk.) |