The Cordilleran Orogen, conterminous U.S / edited by B.C. Burchfiel, P.W. Lipman, M.L. Zoback.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 1992. |
| Description | 1 online resource (ix, 724 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Supplemental Content | GeoScienceWorld |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Burchfiel, B. C., 1934- |
| Other author/creator | Lipman, Peter W. |
| Other author/creator | Zoback, Mary Lou C. |
| Other author/creator | Decade of North American Geology Project. |
| Other author/creator | Geological Society of America. |
| Series | The geology of North America ; v. G-3 Geology of North America ; v. G-3. ^A665769 |
| Summary | Six of the 17 chapters in this work comprise a series of time slices synthesizing the latest Proterozoic to the latest Devonian; late Paleozoic, early Mesozoic, Late Jurassic to early Cretaceous; late Cretaceous to early Eocene; and post-Laramide geologic and tectonic history. Ten topical chapters provide overviews of regional, extensional, strike-slip, and fold and thrust tectonics, magmatism, metamorphism, sedimentary assemblages, metallogenic evolution, ophiolites, and paleomagnetics. |
| General note | "One of the synthesis volumes of the Decade of North American Geology Project series"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Spec. audience char. | Specialized. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9780813752174 |
| ISBN | 9780813754550 (ebook) : |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |