Ancient landscapes of western North America
Subtitle: a geologic history with paleogeographic maps
By: Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne D. Ranney
Contributors: Ranney, Wayne, author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9783319596341
Subjects: Maps; Digital mapping; Geology; Landscape changes; Structural Geology; Paleogeography; History
Notes: "This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles; title: The Cordillera's foundations : Paleoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic periods, ca. 1800-1000 Ma; title: The Cordillera's long-lived passive margin : Neoproterozoic to middle Devonian periods, ca. 1000 Ma-400 Ma; title: The Antler Orogeny and the first suspect terrane : middle Devonian to late Pennsylvanian, ca. 400-300 Ma; title: The amalgamation of Pangaea and the Sonoma Orogeny : early Permian to early Triassic, ca. 300-240 Ma; title: The arrival of Wrangellia and the Nevadan Orogeny : late Triassic to late Jurassic, ca. 240-145 Ma; title: The continental arc, Sevier Orogeny, Western Interior Seaway and flat-slab subduction : Cretaceous period, ca. 145-65 Ma; title: Flat-slab subduction, the Laramide Orogeny, uplift of the Colorado Plateau and Rocky Mountains : Paleocene and Eocene, ca. 65-35 Ma; title: Changing tectonics, cooling climates and the dawn of crustal extension : late Eocene to early Miocene (ca. 35-20 Ma); title: The end of Cordilleran subduction and the formation of the Basin and Range : early and middle Miocene, ca. 20-10 Ma; title: Interior basins, drainage integration and deep incision : late Miocene to Pliocene, ca. 10-2.6 Ma; title: The North American Cordillera today : Pleistocene, Holocene and the Anthropocene, ca. 2.6 Ma to present.