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Page 355
... ( geosynclines ) ; in Jurassic and lat- er times those belts rose to form the folded mountains of today . The greatest thicknesses of Jurassic rocks occur in southern Alaska ( 5,000 metres ) , California and Oregon ( 5,000 to 8,000 metres ...
... ( geosynclines ) ; in Jurassic and lat- er times those belts rose to form the folded mountains of today . The greatest thicknesses of Jurassic rocks occur in southern Alaska ( 5,000 metres ) , California and Oregon ( 5,000 to 8,000 metres ...
Page 358
... Geosynclines Geosynclines from the lowermost Jurassic Terrigenous sediments AURENTIA NORTH ATLANTIC LAND CONNECTION BALTIC SHIELD TETHYS MIDDLE ATLANTIC TETHYAN SEAWAY SOUTH ATLANTIC LAND CONNECTION 1000 2000 ARCTIC OCEAN 2000 ANGARA ...
... Geosynclines Geosynclines from the lowermost Jurassic Terrigenous sediments AURENTIA NORTH ATLANTIC LAND CONNECTION BALTIC SHIELD TETHYS MIDDLE ATLANTIC TETHYAN SEAWAY SOUTH ATLANTIC LAND CONNECTION 1000 2000 ARCTIC OCEAN 2000 ANGARA ...
Page 360
... geosynclines onto the continental margins began at the outset of the Jurassic and , after a setback in the Bajocian , reached its peak in the Callovian - Oxfordian . Such invasions seem to be re- lated to a general rise of the sea level ...
... geosynclines onto the continental margins began at the outset of the Jurassic and , after a setback in the Bajocian , reached its peak in the Callovian - Oxfordian . Such invasions seem to be re- lated to a general rise of the sea level ...
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