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Exposed Cross-Sections of the Continental Crust

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Editors:
  1. Matthew H. Salisbury

    1. Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

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  2. David M. Fountain

    1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 317)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Phanerozoic Sections

    1. The Ivrea Crustal Cross-Section (Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland)

      • A. Zingg
      Pages 1-19

    2. The Exposed Crustal Cross Section of Southern Calabria, Italy: Structure and Evolution of a Segment of Hercynian Crust

      • Volker Schenk
      Pages 21-42

    3. An Exposed Cross-Section of Continental Crust, Doubtful Sound Fiordland, New Zealand; Geophysical & Geological Setting

      • G. J. H. Oliver
      Pages 43-69

    4. Uplift and Exhumation of Middle and Lower Crustal Rocks in an Extensional Tectonic Setting, Fiordland, New Zealand

      • G. M. Gibson
      Pages 71-101

    5. A Crustal Cross-Section for a Terrain of Superimposed Shortening and Extension: Ruby Mountains-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Nevada

      • A. W. Snoke, A. J. McGrew, P. A. Valasek, S. B. Smithson
      Pages 103-135

    6. Progress in Tectonic and Petrogenetic Studies in an Exposed Cross-Section of Young (~100 Ma) Continental Crust, Southern Sierra Nevada, California

      • Jason B. Saleeby
      Pages 137-158

    7. Characteristics of a Continental Margin Magmatic Arc as a Function of Depth: The Skagit-Methow Crustal Section

      • Bryan Kriens, Brian Wernicke
      Pages 159-173

    8. The Evolution of the Kamila Shear Zone, Kohistan, Pakistan

      • P. J. Treloar, K. H. Brodie, M. P. Coward, M. Q. Jan, M. A. Khan, R. J. Knipe et al.
      Pages 175-214

    9. Crustal Formation at Depth During Continental Collision

      • L. S. Hollister, M. L. Crawford
      Pages 215-225

  5. Faults, Crustal Deformation and Emplacement Mechanisms

    1. Deformation Sequence in the Southeastern Kapuskasing Structural Zone, Ivanhoe Lake, Ontario, Canada

      • J. T. Bursnall
      Pages 469-484
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About this book

In the Fall of 1988, 64 geologists and geophysicists from 11 countries met in Killarney, Ontario, on the north shore of Lake Huron to examine evidence that suggests that the continental crust is exposed in cross-section at several key locations on the Earth's surface. The meeting, which was held under NATO auspices as an Advanced Study Institute, was a landmark event in that it was the first time that many of the lead scientists working on these complexes in relative isolation around the world had' ever gathered together to compare results. The present volume is a compendium of the invited lectures given on the principle sections, plus an array of supporting papers on these and other sections as well as on related topics such as crustal emplacement mechanisms, deformation and rheology. Nearly all of the best known sections are represented, including the Ivrea Zone, Calabria, the Kapuskasing Zone, Fiordland and many others. It is our hope that this Volume will serve as a reference for Earth scientists who are trying to understand levels of the crust not normally exposed to view, as well as a point of departure for new research and a teaching aid to new entrants in this relatively new field of study.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Atlantic Geoscience Centre, Geological Survey of Canada Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada

    Matthew H. Salisbury

  • Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

    David M. Fountain

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exposed Cross-Sections of the Continental Crust

  • Editors: Matthew H. Salisbury, David M. Fountain

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0675-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0903-1Due: 30 September 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6788-1Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0675-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 672

  • Topics: Structural Geology, Geophysics/Geodesy, Geochemistry

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