Earth Accretionary Systems in Space and Time (Geological Society Special Publication No. 318) 1862392781, 9781862392786
Accretionary orogens form at convergent plate boundaries and include the supra-subduction zone forearc, magmatic arc and
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Accretionary orogens through Earth history......Page 10
Metamorphic patterns in orogenic systems and the geological record......Page 46
Arc-continent collisions, sediment recycling and the maintenance of the continental crust......Page 84
Implications of estimated magmatic additions and recycling losses at the subduction zones of accretionary (non-collisional) and collisional (suturing) orogens......Page 113
Eoarchaean crustal growth in West Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex) and in northeastern China (Anshan area): review and synthesis......Page 134
Archaean crustal growth processes in southern West Greenland and the southern Superior Province: geodynamic and magmatic constraints......Page 162
Correlation of Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic units between northeastern Canada and western Greenland: constraining the pre-collisional upper plate accretionary history of the Trans-Hudson orogen......Page 199
Palaeoproterozoic accretionary processes in Fennoscandia......Page 242
The underestimated Proterozoic component of the Canadian Cordillera accretionary margin......Page 262
A Palaeozoic Northwest Passage: incursion of Caledonian, Baltican and Siberian terranes into eastern Panthalassa, and the early evolution of the North American Cordillera......Page 277
Arc imbrication during thick-skinned collision within the northern Cordilleran accretionary orogen, Yukon, Canada......Page 312
Palaeozoic Lachlan orogen, Australia; accretion and construction of continental crust in a marginal ocean setting: isotopic evidence from Cambrian metavolcanic rocks......Page 331
The Eurasian SE Asian margin as a modern example of an accretionary orogen......Page 352
Evolution from an oblique subduction back-arc mobile belt to a highly oblique collisional margin: the Cenozoic tectonic development of Thailand and eastern Myanmar......Page 374
Index......Page 405
Cover......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Accretionary orogens through Earth history......Page 10
Metamorphic patterns in orogenic systems and the geological record......Page 46
Arc-continent collisions, sediment recycling and the maintenance of the continental crust......Page 84
Implications of estimated magmatic additions and recycling losses at the subduction zones of accretionary (non-collisional) and collisional (suturing) orogens......Page 113
Eoarchaean crustal growth in West Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex) and in northeastern China (Anshan area): review and synthesis......Page 134
Archaean crustal growth processes in southern West Greenland and the southern Superior Province: geodynamic and magmatic constraints......Page 162
Correlation of Archaean and Palaeoproterozoic units between northeastern Canada and western Greenland: constraining the pre-collisional upper plate accretionary history of the Trans-Hudson orogen......Page 199
Palaeoproterozoic accretionary processes in Fennoscandia......Page 242
The underestimated Proterozoic component of the Canadian Cordillera accretionary margin......Page 262
A Palaeozoic Northwest Passage: incursion of Caledonian, Baltican and Siberian terranes into eastern Panthalassa, and the early evolution of the North American Cordillera......Page 277
Arc imbrication during thick-skinned collision within the northern Cordilleran accretionary orogen, Yukon, Canada......Page 312
Palaeozoic Lachlan orogen, Australia; accretion and construction of continental crust in a marginal ocean setting: isotopic evidence from Cambrian metavolcanic rocks......Page 331
The Eurasian SE Asian margin as a modern example of an accretionary orogen......Page 352
Evolution from an oblique subduction back-arc mobile belt to a highly oblique collisional margin: the Cenozoic tectonic development of Thailand and eastern Myanmar......Page 374
Index......Page 405
