North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program

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Title Statements

Full title :North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1989.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):National Academies Press
Place of Publication:Washington
Language:eng
Publication Date:1989.

Notes

""Transect E1 Adirondacks to Georges Bank""

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (104 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780309582353, 0309582350, 0309041775, 9780309041775
oclc:ocn923261515
LC Classification:QE626.N67 1989eb
Dewey Decimal:333.9164

North American Continent-Ocean Transects Program -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- 1 Overview -- INTRODUCTION -- PROGRAM OBJECTIVES -- PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS -- NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT -- PRESENT AND PAST CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION -- North American Continental Zonation -- Corridors -- 2 Major Scientific Problems -- 3 Needed Investigations -- SYNTHESES -- TOPICAL INVESTIGATIONS -- PROCESSES OF CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITIONS -- TECHNIQUES -- 4 New Developments -- GLOBAL GEOSCIENCE TRANSECTS PROJECT -- DIGITAL DATA

5 Major Topical ProblemsGENERAL PROBLEMS -- 1. Processes of Modern Active Margins -- 2. Processes of Passive Margins -- 3. Tectonic Heredity -- 4. Tectonic Significance of Magmas and Magmatic Rocks -- 5. Identification and Processes of Terrane Boundaries -- 6. Kinematics of Orogenic Belts -- 7. Implications of High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks in Orogenic Belts -- 8. Dating of Events in Orogenic Belts -- 9. Foreland Deformation and Tectonic Coupling -- 10. Diagnostic Geophysical Expressions of Tectonic Units

11. Deep Continental Crustal Structure and Origin12. Phanerozoic Changes in Proterozoic North America -- SPECIFIC (PRIORITY) PROBLEMS -- 1. Underplating and …

Subjects

Continental margins Continental margins -- North America Geology, Structural Geology, Structural -- North America Marges continentales -- Amérique du Nord North America plate tectonics Plate tectonics -- North America Tectonique des plaques -- Amérique du N…