Description
Book SynopsisConsisting of papers that have appeared recently in
International Geology Review,
Middle American Terranes, Potential Correlatives, and Orogenic Processes focuses on Middle American terranes in which tectonic processes, including flat-slab subduction, for orogenic development are examined at various times since the late Mesoproterozoic: at 1 Ga, through the Paleozoic, and into the Cenozoic. Many papers relate the evolution of the Middle American terranes over the past billion years to global scale events, and a second theme running through the book relates to the supercontinents, Rodinia and Pangea, the geometry of their amalgamation and breakup, and the processes responsible.
Highlights include:
An update on the geographic record, tectonic setting, and provenance of these terranes
Documentation of allocthonous nature and position peripheral to Amazonia of the ~1 Ga basement of souther
Table of Contents
Middle American Terranes. Oaxaquia Terrane. Mixteca Terrane. North American Craton. Sierra Madre Terrane. Chuacús Terrane. Chortis Terrane. Potential Correlatives. Orogenic Processes.
