Evolution of North America

Informationen zum Autor Philip Burke King Klappentext In revising his now classic work on the geology of North America, Philip B. King has devoted attention both to the new concepts of global tectonics and to new facts obtained from fieldwork in recent years. From its overview of the natural history of continents, to the sections describing the characteristics and history of each region, this remains a fundamental text on continental geology.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Zusammenfassung In revising his now classic work on the geology of North America, Philip B. King has devoted attention both to the new concepts of global tectonics and to new facts obtained from fieldwork in recent years. From its overview of the natural history of continents, to the sections describing the characteristics and history of each region, this remains

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• Authors: Philip Burke King, Philip King, King Philip Burke
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2016
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous
• EAN: 9780691632964
• ISBN: 978-0-691-63296-4
• Pages: 216
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library > 4220; Princeton Legacy Library
• Subjects: Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest, North America, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Mountain Range, Sediment, Plateau, geology, Appalachian Mountains, Colorado Plateau, Cordillera, Earth Sciences, Historical Geology, Central America, Pluton, Front Range, geologist, sedimentary rock, orogeny, plate tectonics, Ural mountains, continental shelf, Pleistocene, Permian, metamorphism, Eocene, Northern New Mexico, mesozoic, cretaceous, Oceanic crust, Aleutian Trench, Paleozoic, Fault (geology), Oligocene, Crust (geology), Permian Basin (North America), Geosyncline, Continental crust, Laramide orogeny, Cenozoic, Oceanic basin, North American Plate, mid-Atlantic ridge, Devonian, Proterozoic, Ordovician, Precambrian, Archean, Paleocene, Northern Rocky Mountains, Terrane, Stratum, East Pacific Rise, North American Cordillera, Canadian Shield, Huronian Glaciation, Andesite line, Basin and Range Province, Pennsylvanian (geology), Northern Canada, Antler orogeny, Continental fragment, Golconda Thrust, northwestern united states, Nevadan orogeny, Foreland basin, Aleutian Arc, Northern Foothills, Great Valley Sequence, Fold mountains, Geology of New England, Geology of North America, Denver Basin