Principles of Practical Tectonic Analysis of Cratonic Regions
With Particular Reference to Western North America
Published on 18. February 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
XX, 372 pages
978-3-540-65346-2 (ISBN)
Description
Steep crystalline-basement faults, commonly indicated by potential-field anomalies, played a crucial role in evolution of continental cratonic platforms. In the Phanerozoic Western Canada Sedimentary Province, history of crustal block movements and warps is reconstructed from the distribution of depocenters, lithofacies and structures in structural-formational étages in sedimentary cover. Each étage is a rock succession formed during a particular tectonic stage; regional tectonic restructuring closes each stage, and the next stage represents a new tectonic regime. Practical tectonic analysis, based on observation of rocks and geophysical data, is a reliable guide for deciphering a region's geologic history and for resource exploration.
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Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
95 s/w Abbildungen
XX, 372 p. 95 illus. With online files/update.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
598 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-65346-2 (9783540653462)
DOI
10.1007/BFb0010364
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Basic notions and definitions.- Structural-formational, tectonic étages as fundamental units of regional tectonic analysis.- Regional tectonic analysis of the Western Canada sedimentary province in Alberta, Saskatchewan and adjacent parts of the U.S..- Methodological reasons for using structural-formational étages in regional tectonic analysis.- Reconstruction of structural history of a craton by using structural-formational étages in its cover and pre-cover volcano-sedimentary basins.- Finding an adequate regional tecnotic interpretation constrained by mappable properties of rocks.- Place of neotectonic and current crustal movements in regional tectonic studies.- Conclusions: Advantages of practical tectonics.