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Continental-Crust Structures on the Continental Margin of Western North America

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  1. Henry V. Lyatsky
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 62)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Outstanding issues in studies of continental margins

    Pages 1-20

  3. Evaluation of the data base

    Pages 21-36

  4. Pre-cenozoic geologic framework of western Cordillera

    Pages 37-53

  5. Tertiary stratigraphic framework of coastal provinces in Washington and British Columbia

    Pages 54-72

  6. Significance of the trans-cordilleran olympic-wallowa zone in geologic evolution of the Washington and British Columbia coastal regions

    Pages 73-132

  7. Continental marging off Southeastern Alaska, the Queen Charlotte Islands, and Northern Vancouver Island

    Pages 133-185

  8. Crustal blocks under Vancouver Island and the exterior shelf

    Pages 186-243

  9. Structure of continental slope off Vancouver Island

    Pages 244-274

  10. Interlocking of continental and oceanic crustal blocks along the continental margin and non-rigid behavior of Northern Juan de Fuca Plate

    Pages 275-321

  11. Concluding remarks

    Pages 322-327

  12. Back Matter

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The NE Pacific Ocean is considered the birthplace of many fundamental ideas for modern plate tectonics theory. In this book the orogenic belts of this region are discussed in a single, internally consistent tectonic concept. Geological information is considered the most reliable. Geophysical models are tested for compatibility with observable geological data. The new concept avoids force-fitting interpretations to preconceived assumptions regarding accreted far-traveled terranes in the Cordillera and continental-oceanic plate interactions in the entire region.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Continental-Crust Structures on the Continental Margin of Western North America

  • Authors: Henry V. Lyatsky

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0011440

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-60842-4Published: 04 April 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49598-7Published: 22 November 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 352

  • Topics: Geology

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