Crustal cross sections from the western North American cordillera and elsewhere : implications for tectonic and petrologic processes / edited by Robert B. Miller, Arthur W. Snoke.

Other author Miller, Robert B. (Robert Bruce), 1951-
Other author Snoke, Arthur W.
Format Software
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2009.
Descriptionvi, 314 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Subjects

SeriesSpecial paper ; 456
Special papers (Geological Society of America) 456. ^A20279
Contents The utility of crustal cross sections in the analysis of orogenic processes in contrasting tectonic settings / R.B. Miller and A.W Snoke -- Petrology and geochronology of crustal xenoliths from the Bering Strait region : Linking deep and shallow processes in extending continental crust / V.V. Akinin, E.L. Miller, and J.L. Wooden -- Construction and evolution of the Kodiak Talkeetna arc crustal section, southern Alaska / D.W Farris -- Mid-Cretaceous-Recent crustal evolution in the central Coast orogen, British Columbia and southeastern Alaska / M.L. Crawford, K.A. Klepeis, G.E. Gehrels, and J. Lindline -- Plutonism at different crustal levels: Insights from the -5-40 km (paleodepth) North Cascades crustal section, Washington / R.B. Miller, S.R. Paterson, and J.P. Matzel -- Granulite- to amphibolite-facies metamorphism and penetrative deformation in a disrupted ophiolite, Klamath Mountains, California: A deep view into the basement of an accreted oceanic arc / S.R. Garlick, L.G. Medaris Jr., A.W Snoke, J.J. Schwartz, and S.M. Swapp -- Mesozoic magmatism in an upper- to middle-crustal section through the Cordilleran continental margin arc, eastern Transverse Ranges, California / S.K. Needy ... [et al.] -- Perspectives on the architecture of continental crust from integrated field studies of exposed isobaric sections / M.L. Williams, K.E. Karlstrom, G. Dumond, and K.H. Mahan -- Evolution of the middle and lower continental crust during the transition from contraction to extension in Fiordland, New Zealand / K.A. Klepeis and D.S. King -- A granulite-facies normal shear zone exposed in the Arunta inlier of central Australia : Implications for deep-crustal deformation during oblique divergence / C. Waters-Tormey, L.B. Goodwin, B. Tikoff, K. Staffier, and P. Kelso.
General noteAccompanying compact disc includes selected figures, tables, and appendices supplementing chapters 1, 2, 4, and 6 of the printed volume, in Adobe Acrobat PDF files.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009021398
ISBN9780813724560 (pbk.)
ISBN0813724562 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QE511 .C7176 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold