Geological History of Britain and Ireland

Preface to the 1st Edition, vii
Preface to the 2nd Edition, viii
List of Contributors, ix
PART 1 INTRODUCTION, 1
1 Regional Geological History: Why and How?, 3
N. H. Woodcock and R. A. Strachan
2 Geological Framework of Britain and Ireland, 19
R. E. Holdsworth, N. H. Woodcock and R. A. Strachan
PART 2 THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN, 41
3 Early Earth History and Development of the Archaean Crust,43
R. A. Strachan, C. D. Storey and A. R. Prave
4 Proterozoic Sedimentation, Orogenesis and Magmatism on theLaurentian Craton (2500-750 Ma), 54
R. A. Strachan, R. E. Holdsworth and A. R. Prave
5 Middle Neoproterozoic (<750 Ma) to Early OrdovicianSedimentation along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus, 76
R. A. Strachan, A. R. Prave and R. E. Holdsworth
6 The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc-ContinentCollision along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus, 91
R. A. Strachan
7 Mid-Ordovician to Silurian Subduction and Collision: Closureof the Iapetus Ocean, 110
R. A. Strachan
PART 3 THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN, 133
8 Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Accretionary History ofEastern Avalonia and Armorica on the Active Margin of Gondwana,135
R. A. Strachan
9 The Cambrian and Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin ofGondwana, 150
N. H. Woodcock
10 Ordovician Volcanism and Sedimentation on Eastern Avalonia,162
N. H. Woodcock
11 Late Ordovician to Silurian Evolution of Eastern Avaloniaduring Iapetus Closure, 177
N. H. Woodcock
PART 4 THE END OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN, 193
12 Early Devonian Sedimentary and Magmatic Interlude afterIapetus Closure, 195
N. H. Woodcock
13 The Acadian Orogeny and its Mid-Late DevonianDepositional Aftermath, 210
N. H. Woodcock
PART 5 THE VARISCAN CYCLE: CONSOLIDATION OF PANGAEA,231
14 Carboniferous Sedimentation and Volcanism on the LaurussianMargin, 233
S. J. Davies, P. D. Guion and P. Gutteridge
15 The Variscan Orogeny: the Welding of Pangaea, 274
L. N. Warr
PART 6 POST-VARISCAN INTRAPLATE SETTING, 299
16 Permian to Late Triassic Post-orogenic Collapse and Rifting,Arid Deserts, Evaporating Seas and Mass Extinctions, 301
M. W. Hounslow, T. McKie and A. H. Ruffell
17 Triassic-Jurassic Boundary and Jurassic: DisintegratingPangaea, 322
S. P. Hesselbo
18 Early Cretaceous: Rifting and Sedimentation before the Flood,347
A. S. Gale
19 Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene Pelagic Deposits:Deposition on Greenhouse Earth, 365
A. S. Gale
PART 7 THE THULEAN PLUME AND ITS AFTERMATH, 385
20 Palaeogene and Neogene Events: the North Atlantic Plume andAlpine Pulses, 387
A. S. Gale, R. Anderton and R. A. Strachan
21 The Quaternary: History of an Ice Age, 409
P. L. Gibbard and N. H. Woodcock
Index, 429
Colour plates appear in between pages 214 and 215
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