Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution

Kroner, A., editor

ISBN 10: 087590517X / ISBN 13: 9780875905174

Verlag: American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, 1987

An ex-library cloth in original red cloth lettered in gold. The usual ex-libris markings. The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and there is little cover wear. No dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 063738

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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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Proterozoic Lithospheric Evolution
Verlag: American Geophysical Union, Washington DC
Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket
Auflage: First Edition.
Art des Buches: Book