The Evolving ContinentsThis book provides the history of the earth, which will enable the reader to gain an integrated overview for many different aspects of earth sciences. It is unusual in that it traces the earth's history through the tectonic evolution of the continental crust from the very beginning of the geological record. This book provides the history of the earth, which will enable the reader to gain an integrated overview for many different aspects of earth sciences. It is unusual in that it traces the earth's history through the tectonic evolution of the continental crust from the very beginning of the geological record. |
Contents
Incipient Arcs and Continents 457 | 4 |
Continents 462 | 53 |
Magmatism and Rifting | 57 |
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Common terms and phrases
accretion accretionary prism Africa America anorthosite Appalachians Archaean associated basalts basement batholith block boundary calc-alkaline Cambrian carbonate Cenozoic Central collision collisional complex continental crust continental margin continents craton Cretaceous crustal deformation deposits Devonian dykes Early Proterozoic emplaced evaporites evolution extension extensional facies faults fauna FIGURE foreland basin formation formed gabbro Geol Geological Society gneisses Gondwana granites granulite greenstone belts Grenville Himalaya Iapetus Iapetus ocean intrusions island arcs isotopic Jurassic komatiites Late Proterozoic Laurentia lavas layer lithosphere lower crust mafic magmatism major mantle Massif melting Mesozoic metamorphism mineralization nappes North occur oceanic crust oceanic lithosphere ophiolite Ordovician orogen palaeomagnetic Palaeozoic Pangaea Permian Phanerozoic plate tectonic plateau plutons Precambrian Proterozoic Province region reproduced by permission ridge rift rise sea-floor sedimentary sediments seismic shear zone South southern structure subduction zone sulphide supercontinent Supergroup suture zone terrane thermal thickening tholeiitic thrust tonalitic ultramafic uplift Variscan volcanic rocks western Windley