Blakey, Ronald C.
Ancient Landscapes of Western North America
1. Introduction
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
2. Principles
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
3. The Cordillera’s Foundations: Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic Periods: Ca. 1800–1000 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
4. The Cordillera’s Long-Lived Passive Margin: Neoproterozoic to Middle Devonian Periods: Ca. 1000 Ma–400 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
5. The Antler Orogeny and the First Suspect Terrane: Middle Devonian to Late Pennsylvanian: Ca. 400–300 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
6. The Amalgamation of Pangaea and the Sonoma Orogeny: Early Permian to Early Triassic – Ca. 300–240 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
7. The Arrival of Wrangellia and the Nevadan Orogeny: Late Triassic to Late Jurassic: Ca. 240–145 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
8. The Continental Arc, Sevier Orogeny, Western Interior Seaway and Flat-Slab Subduction: Cretaceous Period: Ca. 145–65 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
9. Flat-Slab Subduction, the Laramide Orogeny, Uplift of the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountains: Paleocene and Eocene: Ca. 65–35 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
10. Changing Tectonics, Cooling Climates and the Dawn of Crustal Extension: Late Eocene to Early Miocene (ca. 35–20 Ma)
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
11. The End of Cordilleran Subduction and the Formation of the Basin and Range: Early and Middle Miocene: Ca. 20–10 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
12. Interior Basins, Drainage Integration and Deep Incision: Late Miocene to Pliocene: Ca. 10–2.6 Ma
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
13. The North American Cordillera Today: Pleistocene, Holocene and the Anthropocene: Ca. 2.6 Ma to Present
Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
Nyckelord: Popular Science, Popular Earth Science, Structural Geology, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Geomorphology
- Författare
- Blakey, Ronald C.
- Ranney, Wayne D.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2018
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 11 sidor
- Kategorier
- Naturvetenskaper
- Teknologi, energi, trafik
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319596365
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-3-319-59634-1