Other author/creator | Vogt, Peter R. (Peter Richard), 1939- |
Other author/creator | Tucholke, Brian E. |
Other author/creator | Geological Society of America. |
Other author/creator | Decade of North American Geology Project. |
Series |
The geology of North America ; v. M Geology of North America ; v. M. ^A665769
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Summary |
The award-winning first volume in this 28-volume series. It provides complete coverage of the geology and geophysics of the western North Atlantic Ocean basin in 41 chapters, organized into 8 sections: Introduction; Present Accretion Axis; Regional Geology and Geophysics; Plate Tectonic Evolution; Surficial Sedimentation; Biofacies; Paleoceanography; and Resources and Law of the Sea. The editors received the 1986 Alan Berman Research Publication Award for this volume. |
General note | "One of the synthesis volumes of the Decade of North American Geology Project series"--P. 2. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Spec. audience char. |
Specialized. |
Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
Issued in other form | Print version : 9780813752020 |
ISBN | 9780813754642 (ebook) : |