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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 tages in sedimentary cover. Each tage 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.

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Author:   Henry Lyatsky ,  Gerald M. Friedman ,  Vadim B. Lyatsky
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Volume:   84
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.605kg
ISBN:  

9783540653462

ISBN 10:   3540653465
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   18 February 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Basic notions and definitions.- Structural-formational, tectonic étages as fundamental units of regional tectonic analysis.- Regional tectonic analysis of the Western Canada sedimentary province in Alberta, Saskatchewan and adjacent parts of the U.S..- Methodological reasons for using structural-formational étages in regional tectonic analysis.- Reconstruction of structural history of a craton by using structural-formational étages in its cover and pre-cover volcano-sedimentary basins.- Finding an adequate regional tecnotic interpretation constrained by mappable properties of rocks.- Place of neotectonic and current crustal movements in regional tectonic studies.- Conclusions: Advantages of practical tectonics.

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