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1 online resource |
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Introduction. Regional Geological History: Why and How? / N H Woodcock, R A Strachan -- Geological Framework of Britain and Ireland / R E Holdsworth, N H Woodcock, R A Strachan -- The Northern Margin of the Iapetus Ocean. Early Earth History and Development of the Archaean Crust / R A Strachan, C D Storey, A R Prave -- Proterozoic Sedimentation, Orogenesis and Magmatism on the Laurentian Craton (2500-750 Ma) / R A Strachan, R E Holdsworth, A R Prave -- Middle Neoproterozoic (<750 Ma) to Early Ordovician Sedimentation along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus / R A Strachan, A R Prave, R E Holdsworth -- The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc-Continent Collision along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus / R A Strachan -- Mid-Ordovician to Silurian Subduction and Collision: Closure of the Iapetus Ocean / R A Strachan -- The Southern Margin of the Iapetus Ocean. Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Accretionary History of Eastern Avalonia and Armorica on the Active Margin of Gondwana / R A Strachan -- The Cambrian and Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin of Gondwana / N H Woodcock -- Ordovician Volcanism and Sedimentation on Eastern Avalonia / N H Woodcock -- Late Ordovician to Silurian Evolution of Eastern Avalonia during Iapetus Closure / N H Woodcock -- The End of the Iapetus Ocean. Early Devonian Sedimentary and Magmatic Interlude after Iapetus Closure / N H Woodcock -- The Acadian Orogeny and its Mid-Late Devonian Depositional Aftermath / N H Woodcock -- The Variscan Cycle: Consolidation of Pangaea. Carboniferous Sedimentation and Volcanism on the Laurussian Margin / S J Davies, P D Guion, P Gutteridge -- The Variscan Orogeny: the Welding of Pangaea / L N Warr -- Post-Variscan Intraplate Setting. Permian to Late Triassic Post-orogenic Collapse and Rifting, Arid Deserts, Evaporating Seas and Mass Extinctions / M W Hounslow, T McKie, A H Ruffell -- Triassic-Jurassic Boundary and Jurassic: Disintegrating Pangaea / S P Hesselbo -- Early Cretaceous: Rifting and Sedimentation before the Flood / A S Gale -- Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene Pelagic Deposits: Deposition on Greenhouse Earth / A S Gale -- The Thulean Plume and its Aftermath. Palaeogene and Neogene Events: the North Atlantic Plume and Alpine Pulses / A S Gale, R Anderton, R A Strachan -- The Quaternary: History of an Ice Age / P L Gibbard, N H Woodcock -- Index |
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Includes index |
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Also available in printing |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Geology -- British Isles.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Strachan, R. A. (Robin A.)
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Woodcock, N. H.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
1118274032 (electronic bk.) |
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1118274067 (electronic bk.) |
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1405193816 |
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1405193824 |
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9781118274033 (electronic bk.) |
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9781118274064 (electronic bk.) |
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9781405193818 |
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9781405193825 |
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