Download or read book Geosynclines written by Jean Aubouin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geosynclines is devoted to the geosynclines concept, which states that the most elevated parts of the earth's crust—the mountains—had risen by a gigantic inversion of relief from the more depressed regions where they had originated. This book re-examines the concept in light of further geological evidence. The book is organized into four parts. Part I presents a detailed account of the birth and development of the geosynclinal concept. It shows that only the European (Alpine) concept of the geosyncline involves a fundamental palaeogeographical differentiation of mountain chains, and that it is from this standpoint that the American concept must be considered if it is to be placed in a more general framework. Part II attempts to define the geosynclinal concept in the Alpine sense of the term: i.e., in the light of current views on the Mediterranean chains of the Alpine cycle, which are the best documented. Part III collates the information acquired on the various aspects of geosynclines as exemplified by the Mediterranean chains of the Alpine cycle. Part IV discusses the degree to which the ""Alpine"" concept of the geosyncline may be extended in time.

Download or read book North American Geosynclines written by Marshall Kay and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1951 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Source Book in Geology 1900 1950 written by Kirtley Fletcher Mather and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, find source literature for the most important contributions to the remarkable recent expansion of geological knowledge. Excerpted are 65 articles on topics including the constitution of Earth's interior, earthquakes, radioactive timekeepers, submarine features and deep-sea cores, entrapment of petroleum, and crystal structure.

Download or read book Migration of Geosynclines written by Amadeus William Grabau and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Basins and Geosynclines of the Canadian Shield written by Bernard Owens and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North American Geosynclines written by Marshall Kay and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1951 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bulletin of the Institute of Geophysics written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bulletin of the Geological Society of China written by Chung-kuo ti chih hsüeh hui (Peking, China) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR Seriya Geologicheskaya written by Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR. and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drifting Continents and Colliding Paradigms written by John A. Stewart and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book provides an excellent historical summary of the debates over continental drift theory in this century." —Contemporary Sociology "This is a useful discussion of the way that science works. The book will be of value to philosophers of science . . . " —Choice " . . . will find an important place in university and department libraries, and will interest afficionados of the factual and intellectual history of the earth sciences." —Terra Nova " . . . an excellent core analysis . . . " —The Times Higher Education Supplement " . . . an ambitious and important contribution to the new sociology of science." —American Journal of Sociology " . . . Stewart's book is a noble effort, an interesting and readable discussion, and another higher notch on the scoreboard of critical scholarship that deserves wide examination and close attention." —Geophysics This fascinating book describes the rise and fall and rebirth of continental drift theory in this century. It uses the recent revolution in geoscientinsts' beliefs about the earth to examine questions such as, How does scientific knowledge develop and change? The book also explores how well different perspectives help us to understand revolutionary change in science.

Download or read book Cambrovician pulsation pt 1 Caledonian and St Lawrence geosynclines Part 1 v 3 Cambrovician pulsation Part 11 written by Amadeus William Grabau and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Continental Margins and Geosynclines written by Charles L. Drake and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Continental Red Beds written by P. Turner and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continental Red Beds

Download or read book Geological Evolution of the Earth During the Precambrian written by L.J. Salop and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in Precambrian geology has been exceptionally great, indeed quite striking for geologists of the older generation; only some 30-40 years ago the Precambrian appeared as an uncertain and even mystic prelude to geologic evolution. Even the very name - Precambrian - means some indi visible unit in the early history of the Earth, the beginning of which is poorly known. At the same time it was obvious that the Precambrian formations are of extremely varied and complex composition and poor knowledge and lack of reliable methods of division and correlation were to blame for the lack of significant progress in studies of this early evolutionary stage of the planet. Certainly, even at the very start of Precambrian studies, the results obtained were quite promising, lifting as they did the mysterious veil over the regional Precambrian; but they presented no general realistic picture of this early stage in the Earth's evolution at that time. Recently, this situation has completely changed, due to new methods of study of the older forma tions, and due also to the refinement of some well-known methods, in particular of division, dating, and correlation of "silent" metamorphic strata. Application of different isotope methods of dating was most impor tant in providing objective rock age and thereby the age of geologic events recorded in these rocks. Thus it became possible to reconstruct the oldest geologic period of our planet.

Download or read book Bulletin of the Geological Society of America written by Geological Society of America and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1-44 include Proceedings of the annual meeting, 1889-1933, later published separately.

Download or read book Memoir New Zealand Geological Survey written by New Zealand Geological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Geology of the Appalachian Caledonian Orogen in Canada and Greenland written by Harold Williams and published by Geological Society of America. This book was released on 1995 with total page 951 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the Canadian Appalachian region. The chapter on the East Greenland Caledonides stands alone and there is no attempt to integrate the geological accounts of the two far removed regions. Rocks of the Canadian Appalachian region are described under four broad temporal divisions: lower Paleozoic and older, middle Paleozoic, upper Paleozoic, and Mesozoic. The rocks of these temporal divisions define geographic zones, belts, basins, and graben, respectively. The area is of special interest because so many modern concepts of mountain building are based on Appalachian rocks & structures.