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Book Synopsis* New edition reflects numerous advances in understanding of geological history of UK in last decade. * New material on paleontological history * New Chapter on effects of Geology on human settlement, land use , industry and so on * Hot topic boxes to show impact of global events (ie.
Trade Review“Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty.” (Choice, 1 January 2013)
Table of ContentsPreface 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 the Laurentian Craton (2500–750 Ma) 54
R. A. Strachan, R. E. Holdsworth and A. R. Prave
5 Middle Neoproterozoic (<750 Ma) to Early Ordovician Sedimentation along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus 76
R. A. Strachan, A. R. Prave and R. E. Holdsworth
6 The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc–Continent Collision along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus 91
R. A. Strachan
7 Mid-Ordovician to Silurian Subduction and Collision: Closure of the Iapetus Ocean 110
R. A. Strachan
Part 3 The Southern Margin of The Iapetus Ocean 133
8 Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Accretionary History of Eastern Avalonia and Armorica on the Active Margin of Gondwana 135
R. A. Strachan
9 The Cambrian and Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin of Gondwana 150
N. H. Woodcock
10 Ordovician Volcanism and Sedimentation on Eastern Avalonia 162
N. H. Woodcock
11 Late Ordovician to Silurian Evolution of Eastern Avalonia during Iapetus Closure 177
N. H. Woodcock
Part 4 The End of the Iapetus Ocean 193
12 Early Devonian Sedimentary and Magmatic Interlude after Iapetus Closure 195
N. H. Woodcock
13 The Acadian Orogeny and its Mid–Late Devonian Depositional Aftermath 210
N. H. Woodcock
Part 5 The Variscan Cycle: Consolidation of Pangaea 231
14 Carboniferous Sedimentation and Volcanism on the Laurussian Margin 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: Disintegrating Pangaea 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 and Alpine 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
