Regional Stratigraphy of North America [electronic resource] / by William J. Frazier, David R. Schwimmer
- Author:
- Frazier, William J., 1946-2019
- Published:
- Boston, MA : Springer US, 1987.
- Physical Description:
- 744 pages : online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Schwimmer, David R. and SpringerLink (Online service)
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- Contents:
- 1: Introduction -- 2: The Archean -- A. Introduction -- B. Major Archean Lithologies -- C. Hypotheses on Archean Tectonics -- 3: The Proterozoic -- A. Introduction -- B. North Atlantic Craton -- C. Circum-Superior Mobile Belt -- D. Churchill Province, III: Western Churchill -- E. Bear Province -- F. Grenville Orogen -- G. Proterozoic of the United States Craton -- H. Early History of the Cordilleran Continental Margin -- I. Early History of the Appalachian Continental Margin -- J. The Fossil Record of Early Life -- 4: The Sauk Sequence: Ediacarian-Lower Ordovician -- A. Conditions at the Beginning of the Phanerozoic -- B. Epeiric Seas and Cratonic Sequences -- C. A Digression, the Ediacarian: Do You Believe Rocks or Fossils? -- D. Phanerozoic Sauk Sedimentation -- E. Earliest Animals with Skeletons: First Recorded Taxonomic Radiation -- 5: The Tippecanoe Sequence: Middle Ordovician-Lower Devonian -- A. Introduction -- B. Tippecanoe Cratonic Sedimentation -- C. The Appalachian Continental Margin -- D. The Innuitian Continental Margin -- E. Continental Margin and Magmatic Arc Assemblages of the Cordillera -- F. Filling the Niches: Tippecanoe Life -- 6: The Kaskaskia Sequence: Middle Devonian-Upper Mississippian -- A. Introduction -- B. Kaskaskian Events on the Craton -- C. Kaskaskian of the Appalachian Mobile Belt -- D. Ouachita Mountains, Marathon Uplift, and Related Areas -- E. The Cordilleran Continental Margin -- F. The Innuitian Continental Margin -- G. Revolutions among Invertebrates and the “Age of Fishes” -- 7: The Absaroka Sequence: Lower Pennsylvanian-Lower Jurassic -- A. Introduction -- B. Absarokan Cratonic Sedimentation -- C. The Allegheny Orogeny: Tectonic Culmination in the East -- D. Events on the Ouachita-Marathon Continental Margin -- E. Eastern Triassic-Jurassic Basins and the Gulf of Mexico: Onset of Continental Rifting -- F. The Absaroka Sequence in the Cordillera -- G. Upper Paleozoic and Lower Mesozoic Strata of the Innuitian Continental Margin -- H. Late Paleozoic and Triassic Marine Life: A Study in Diversification, Extinction, and Repopulation -- I. Early Amphibians and Reptiles -- 8: The Zuni Sequence: Middle Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous -- A. Introduction -- B. Zuni Cratonic Sedimentation -- C. Zuni Sequence of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Province -- D. Zuni Sequence in the Cordillera -- E. The Innuitian Continental Margin -- F. The Transition to Modern Invertebrates -- G. Mesozoic Terrestrial Plants -- H. The Rise and Fall of Archosauria and Other Zuni Vertebrates -- 9: The Tejas Sequence: Tertiary-Recent -- A. Introduction -- B. Tertiary Cratonic Sedimentation -- C. Tejas Sequence of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Province -- D. Tejas Sequence in the Cordillera -- E. The Innuitian Continental Margin -- F. The Quaternary -- G. Tertiary Invertebrates, Plants, and Paleoclimatology -- H. Cenozoic Mammals -- Appendix: Synoptic Taxonomy of Major Fossil Groups -- References.
- Summary:
- An early reviewer of this book stated that he had difficulty assessing its marketability because it "falls between the cracks" of geological literature. We have designed this book to meet a need of modem geology: namely, a single source providing both detailed and synoptic stratigraphy of the various regions of North America, through geological time. Shortly after beginning work on such a book, we realized why it had not yet been written: it required six years of effort, assimilation of an incredible amount of information, and two years' additional work to cut the volume down to publishable size. Further, by the time the final chapter was written, the fIrst few were already out of date. Nevertheless, the book lies in front of you. It is intended to serve several purposes. As a textbook, it will serve the following courses: • Regional stratigraphy • Sedimentary tectonics • Regional tectonics • Advanced historical geology • Survey-level paleontology Obviously, not all portions of the book are relevant to all of the above courses. We assume the reader will retain this book after the particular course is done, and will use it as a reference book. Hopefully, others will obtain the book solely for reference purposes. We believe it will be especially useful for the working geologist or academic geologist seeking generalized and some moderately detailed information about a region or geological time interval which is unfamiliar.
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- ISBN:
- 9781461317951
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- text file PDF
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