Geology of North America—An OverviewAlbert W. Bally, Allison R. Palmer Summaries of the major features of the geology of North America and the adjacent oceanic regions are presented in 20 chapters. Topics covered include concise reviews of current thinking about Precambrian basement, Phanerozoic orogens, cratonic basins, passive-margin geology of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions, marine and terrestrial geology of the Caribbean region and economic geology. |
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GNA_A0371 | 371 |
GNA_A0397 | 397 |
GNA_A0447 | 447 |
GNA_A0513 | 513 |
GNA_A0537 | 537 |
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GNA_A0575 | 575 |
GNA_A0585 | 585 |
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Alaska Appalachians Archean Arctic Association of Petroleum Bally basalt basement basin boundary Brooks Range Cambrian Canada Canadian carbonate Caribbean Cenozoic central clastic coastal complex continental margin Cordillera craton Cretaceous crustal deformation deposits Devonian displacement early east eastern evolution fault system Figure fold belt foredeep foreland formation Geological Society Geology of North Geophysical granite gravity Gulf of Mexico Island Jurassic Late lithosphere lower magmatic magnetic anomaly Mesozoic metamorphic Middle Miocene North America North Atlantic northern northwestern oceanic crust ophiolitic Ordovician orogen Ouachita Ouachita Mountains Pacific Paleogene Paleozoic passive margin Permian Petroleum Geologists plate plutons Precambrian Proterozoic province region Ridge rift rocks Rocky Mountains salt sedimentary sediments seismic sequence shales shelf Sierra slope Society of America southern strata stratigraphic strike-slip structural subduction subsidence tectonic terrane Tertiary Texas thick thrust belt tion turbidites U.S. Geological Survey unconformity United uplift upper volcanic western zone