New developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan orogen / edited by Yvette D. Kuiper (Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines), J. Brendan Murphy (Department of Earth Sciences, St. Francis Xavier University), R. Damian Nance (Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University), Robin A. Strachan (School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth), Margaret D. Thompson (Department of Geosciences, Wellesley College).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuiper, Yvette D., editor.

Murphy, J. B. (J. Brendan), editor.

Nance, Damian, editor.

Strachan, R. A. (Robin A.), editor.

Thompson, Margaret D., 1947- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Stratigraphic--Paleozoic.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Orogeny.

Orogenic belts--North Atlantic Region.

Orogenic belts.

Orogenic belts--Africa, Northwest.

Place of Publication:

Geological Society of America

Summary:

"This volume provides a comprehensive overview of our understanding of the evolution of the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan orogen. It takes the reader along a clockwise path around the North Atlantic Ocean from the U.S. and Canadian Appalachians; to the Caledonides of Spitsbergen, Scandinavia, Scotland and Ireland; and thence south to the Variscides of Morocco"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-8137-9554-0