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The tectonic evolution of Australia
Earth-Science Reviews, 1979Abstract Fifteen non-palinspastic palaeotectonic maps, and accompanying explanatory text, are presented to illustrate the progressive development of the Australian continental block from the Archaean to the present. They summarise the structural and chronological framework of tectonic events in Australia as a data base for further research.
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1979
Any model for the tectonic evolution of Mars must account for two major crustal elements: the Tharsis bulge and the topographically low and lightly cratered northern third of the planet. Ages determined by crater density indicate that both of these elements came into existence very early in Martian history, a conclusion that holds no matter which of ...
Donald U. Wise +2 more
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Any model for the tectonic evolution of Mars must account for two major crustal elements: the Tharsis bulge and the topographically low and lightly cratered northern third of the planet. Ages determined by crater density indicate that both of these elements came into existence very early in Martian history, a conclusion that holds no matter which of ...
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Tectonophysics, 1975
Abstract Geologically Taiwan sits squarely on the continental shelf of the East China Sea and is considered as a coastal range of the Asiatic continent with the Tertiary eugeosyncline and miogeosyncline as side-troughs of the central Cordillera. Structurally Taiwan is situated at the junction of the Ryukyu Arc and the Philippine Arc and must have ...
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Abstract Geologically Taiwan sits squarely on the continental shelf of the East China Sea and is considered as a coastal range of the Asiatic continent with the Tertiary eugeosyncline and miogeosyncline as side-troughs of the central Cordillera. Structurally Taiwan is situated at the junction of the Ryukyu Arc and the Philippine Arc and must have ...
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The tectonic evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 1988Abstract The Tibetan Plateau, between the Kunlun Shan and the Himalayas, consists of terranes accreted successively to Eurasia. The northernmost, the Songban Ganzi Terrane, was accreted to the Kunlun (Tarim-North China Terrane) along the Kunlun-Qinling Suture during the late Permian. The Qiangtang Terrane accreted to the Songban-Ganzi
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AAPG Bulletin, 1974
Tectonic interpretations of Alaska in the past have relied largely on observable structural data. Recent detailed study of known stratigraphic information has led to an alternate picture of Alaskan tectonogenesis. By relating sedimentary facies to tectonic environments a postulated geologic history from the Early Cambrian through Late Cretaceous has ...
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Tectonic interpretations of Alaska in the past have relied largely on observable structural data. Recent detailed study of known stratigraphic information has led to an alternate picture of Alaskan tectonogenesis. By relating sedimentary facies to tectonic environments a postulated geologic history from the Early Cambrian through Late Cretaceous has ...
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The Paleontological Society Special Publications, 1999
The realization that the continents are mobile and not fixed in position, and the discovery of the processes driving that mobility, is one of the great scientific achievements of the 20th Century. From the outset, fossil evidence has been important in reconstructing past continental positions, usually by providing data on ancient similarities and ...
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The realization that the continents are mobile and not fixed in position, and the discovery of the processes driving that mobility, is one of the great scientific achievements of the 20th Century. From the outset, fossil evidence has been important in reconstructing past continental positions, usually by providing data on ancient similarities and ...
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Tectonic Evolution of the Caribbean
Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1988The development of the Caribbean is discussed in terms of modern tectonic theory. The nature of the site on which the Caribbean formed is examined, and the development of the rifted margins of the Caribbean is described. Constraints on Caribbean evolution from the relative motions of North and South America are briefly examined, and the Caribbean ...
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Tectonic progradation and plate tectonic evolution of the Alps
Tectonophysics, 1979Abstract Rifting and spreading, trench formation, flysch deposition, subduction and nappe formation prograde from internal to external parts of the Alpine orogen. The progradation is a characteristic feature of the evolution of the Alps. A plate tectonics model based on this cognition is presented and an attempt is made to integrate the plate ...
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Structure and tectonic evolution of Taiwan
American Journal of Science, 1972Description of the pre-Tertiary basement, Tertiary stratigraphy, mountain ranges, tectonic ...
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Tectonic evolution of greenstone belts
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 1995AbstractGranite-greenstone terrains represent the main process by which continental crust was formed in the Archaean; the same process has continued since, at a diminishing rate. Granite plutonism added a layer about ten kilometres thick under the greenstones.
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