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Principles of Practical Tectonic Analysis of Cratonic Regions

With Particular Reference to Western North America

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Henry V. Lyatsky
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  2. Gerald M. Friedman
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 84)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Basic notions and definitions

    Pages 1-31

  3. Structural-formational, tectonic étages as fundamental units of regional tectonic analysis

    Pages 32-56

  4. Regional tectonic analysis of the Western Canada sedimentary province in Alberta, Saskatchewan and adjacent parts of the U.S.

    Pages 57-135

  5. Methodological reasons for using structural-formational étages in regional tectonic analysis

    Pages 136-158

  6. Reconstruction of structural history of a craton by using structural-formational étages in its cover and pre-cover volcano-sedimentary basins

    Pages 159-237

  7. Finding an adequate regional tecnotic interpretation constrained by mappable properties of rocks

    Pages 238-258

  8. Place of neotectonic and current crustal movements in regional tectonic studies

    Pages 259-289

  9. Conclusions: Advantages of practical tectonics

    Pages 290-312

  10. Back Matter

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Steep crystalline-basement faults, commonly indicated by potential-field anomalies, played a crucial role in evolution of continental cratonic platforms. In the Phanerozoic Western Canada Sedimentary Province, history of crustal block movements and warps is reconstructed from the distribution of depocenters, lithofacies and structures in structural-formational étages in sedimentary cover. Each étage is a rock succession formed during a particular tectonic stage; regional tectonic restructuring closes each stage, and the next stage represents a new tectonic regime. Practical tectonic analysis, based on observation of rocks and geophysical data, is a reliable guide for deciphering a region's geologic history and for resource exploration.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles of Practical Tectonic Analysis of Cratonic Regions

  • Book Subtitle: With Particular Reference to Western North America

  • Authors: Henry V. Lyatsky, Gerald M. Friedman

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0010364

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-65346-2Published: 18 February 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49396-9Published: 23 November 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 372

  • Number of Illustrations: 95 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geology, Sedimentology, Geophysics/Geodesy

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