The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America : Volume 1 / Paul Olsen, Peter LeTourneau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

LeTourneau, Peter, editor.

Olsen, Paul, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Stratigraphic--Jurassic.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

Geology, Stratigraphic--Triassic.

Rifts (Geology)--North America.

Rifts (Geology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 93 line, 10 H/T

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rift basins of Triassic-Jurassic age that are associated with the breakup of the Pangean supercontinent contain an extraordinary record of the physical and biological conditions during this important period of Earth history. Rather than studying the rift basins as local features, ongoing work reveals that the Triassic-Jurassic rifts should be considered in a broader context that spans the entire proto-Atlantic realm. The rift province, collectively called the central Atlantic margin system, spans more than 45 degrees of paleolatitude and records over 35 million years of Earth history. The central Atlantic margin basins are of broad appeal to researchers interested in topics as diverse as extensional tectonics, the global magnetostratigraphic timescale, the evolution of early mammals, the appearance and diversification of dinosaurs, rift to drift crustal dynamics, astronomical forcing of climate, and models for the formation and occurrence of economic minerals and fossil fuel deposits. This extensive two-volume work offers in-depth coverage of the North American components of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province rifts by experts in the field. In volume 1, leading researchers give thoroughly reviews and highlight recent advances in our understanding of the structural geology, tectonics, and volcanism of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province.The companion volume, The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in Eastern North America: Volume 2, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology, 0-231-12676-X, covers such topics as sedimentary rocks, stratigraphic architecture, early dinosaur and reptile footprints, and vertebrate fossils of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province. It is edited by Peter M. LeTourneau and Paul E. Olsen and is also available from Columbia University Press.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction / LeTourneau, Peter M. / Olsen, Paul E.

Part I. Tectonics and Structure of Supercontinent Breakup

2. Introduction / Oliver Withjack, Martha / Schlische, Roy W.

3. Mobility of Pangea: Implications for Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic Paleoclimate / Kent, Dennis V. / Muttoni, Giovanni

4. Progress in Understanding the Structural Geology, Basin Evolution, and Tectonic History of the Eastern North American Rift System / Schlische, Roy W.

5. Tectonics of the Lantern Hill Fault, Southeastern Connecticut: Embryonic Rifting of Pangea Along the Central Atlantic Margin / Altamura, Robert J.

6. Estimates of Eroded Strata Using Borehole Vitrinite Reflectance Data, Triassic Taylorsville Rift Basin, Virginia: Implications for Duration of Synrift Sedimentation and Evidence of Structural Inversion / Love Malinconico, MaryAnn

7. Stress Regimes in the Newark Basin Rift: Evidence from Core and Downhole Data / Goldberg, David / Lupo, Tony / Caputi, Michael / Barton, Colleen / Seeber, Leonardo

8. A Lagerstätte of Rift-Related Tectonic Structures from the Solite Quarry, Dan River-Danville Rift Basin / Ackermann, Rolf V. / Schlische, Roy W / Patiño, Lina C. / Johnson, Lois A.

Part II. The Central Atlantic Large Igneous Province

9. Introduction / Olsen, Paul E. / McHone, J. Gregory

10. Flood Basalt Provinces of the Pangean Atlantic Rift: Regional Extent and Environmental Significance / McHone, J. Gregory / Puffer, John H.

11. Geochemistry and Origin of Pangean and Rodinian Continental Flood Basalts / Puffer, John H.

12. A Geographic Trend for MgO-Standardized Major Oxides in Lower Mesozoic Olivine Tholeiites of the Southeastern United States / Ragland, Paul C. / Salters, Vincent J. M. / Parker, William C.

13. Evidence for Predominant Lateral Magma Flow Along Major Feeder-Dike Segments of the Eastern North America Swarm Based on Magnetic Fabric / Boer, Jelle Zeilinga de / Ernst, Richard E. / Lindsey, Andrew G.

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231534376

023153437X

OCLC:

979739812