The Sedimentary Basins of the United States and Canada (Volume 5) (Sedimentary Basins of the World, Volume 5)

In recent years there have been rapid strides in our understanding of plate-tectonic processes, many developments in methods of basin analysis, and the accumulation of much new surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data. Projects such as COCORP (in the United States) and Lithoprobe (in Canada) have provided essential insights into the deep crustal structure of the continent. Synthesis of all the available information about North America's geological regions has not been attempted systematically since the "Decade of North American Geology" project undertaken by the Geological Society of America and the Geological Survey of Canada nearly twenty years ago. The book commences with a summary of the Phanerozoic geological history of the United States and Canada, illustrated with a suite of new paleogeographic maps, and tying in each of the subsequent regional chapters by the inclusion of numerous cross-references. This followed by a set of fifteen regional syntheses of the principal tectonic regions of the United States and Canada, focusing on the stratigraphic and tectonic history of the major sedimentary basins. Most of these chapters have been contributed by specialists, drawing on their own research, and providing interpretive summaries of a type not previously attempted. * up to date synthesis of the sedimentary/tectonic history of the major areas of the United States and Canada.* up to date references* many new coloured maps Content: The Sedimentary Basins of the United States and Canada Page iii Copyright page Page iv Contributors Pages ix-x Introduction and Acknowledgments Pages xiii-xiv Iternational Stratigraphic Chart Page xv Chapter 1 The Phanerozoic Tectonic and Sedimentary Evolution of North America Review Article Pages 1-29 Andrew D. Miall, Ronald C. Blakey Chapter 2 Phanerozoic Evolution of the Sedimentary Cover of the North American Craton Review Article Pages 31-63 Peter M. Burgess Chapter 3 Appalachian Foreland Basin of Canada Review Article Pages 65-103 Denis Lavoie Chapter 4 The Appalachian Foreland Basin in Eastern United States Review Article Pages 105-179 Frank R. Ettensohn Chapter 5 The Paleozoic Western Craton Margin Review Article Pages 181-209 Andrew D. Miall Chapter 6 The Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada: Basin Creation and Destruction in the Collisional Zone of Pangea Review Article Pages 211-244 Martin R. Gibling, N. Culshaw, M.C. Rygel, V. Pascucci Chapter 7 Pennsylvanian–Jurassic Sedimentary Basins of the Colorado Plateau and Southern Rocky Mountains Review Article Pages 245-296 Ronald C. Blakey Chapter 8 The Southern Midcontinent, Permian Basin, and Ouachitas Review Article Pages 297-327 Andrew D. Miall Chapter 9 The Western Interior Basin Review Article Pages 329-362 Andrew D. Miall, Octavian Catuneanu, Boyan K. Vakarelov, Ryan Post Chapter 10 Cordilleran Sedimentary Basins of Western Canada Record 180 Million Years of Terrane Accretion Review Article Pages 363-394 Brian D. Ricketts Chapter 11 Subduction-Related Sedimentary Basins of the USA Cordillera Review Article Pages 395-428 Raymond V. Ingersoll Chapter 12 Laramide Sedimentary Basins Review Article Pages 429-450 Timothy F. Lawton Chapter 13 Sverdrup Basin Review Article Pages 451-471 Ashton Embry, Benoit Beauchamp Chapter 14 The Atlantic Margin Basins of North America Review Article Pages 473-504 Andrew D. Miall, Hugh R. Balkwill, Jock McCracken Chapter 15 Depositional Evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Sedimentary Basin Review Article Pages 505-549 William E. Galloway Chapter 16 Geology of the Late Cretaceous to Cenozoic Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Canada Review Article Pages 551-572 Jim Dixon, J.R. Dietrich, L.S. Lane, D.H. McNeil Chapter 17 Postscript: What have We Learned and Where Do We Go from Here? Review Article Pages 573-591 Andrew D. Miall Index Pages 593-610 In recent years there have been rapid strides in our understanding of plate-tectonic processes, many developments in methods of basin analysis, and the accumulation of much new surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data. Projects such as COCORP (in the United States) and Lithoprobe (in Canada) have provided essential insights into the deep crustal structure of the continent. Synthesis of all the available information about North America’s geological regions has not been attempted systematically since the “Decade of North American Geology” project undertaken by the Geological Society of America and the Geological Survey of Canada nearly twenty years ago. The book commences with a summary of the Phanerozoic geological history of the United States and Canada, illustrated with a suite of new paleogeographic maps, and tying in each of the subsequent regional chapters by the inclusion of numerous cross-references. This followed by a set of fifteen regional syntheses of the principal tectonic regions of the United States and Canada, focusing on the stratigraphic and tectonic history of the major sedimentary basins. Most of these chapters have been contributed by specialists, drawing on their own research, and providing interpretive summaries of a type not previously attempted.

* Up-to-date synthesis of the sedimentary/tectonic history of the major areas of the United States and Canada
* Up-to-date references
* Many new color maps The Phanerozoic tectonic and sedimentary evolution of North America / Andrew D. Miall and Ronald C. Blakey Phanerozoic evolution of the sedimentary cover of the North American craton / Peter M. Burgess Appalachian foreland basin of Canada / Denis Lavoie Appalachian foreland basin in eastern United States / Frank R. Ettensohn The Paleozoic western craton margin / Andrew D. Miall The Maritimes Basin of Atlantic Canada : basin creation and destruction in the collisional zone of Pangea / Martin R. Gibling ... [et al.] Pennsylvanian-Jurassic sedimentary basins of the Colorado Plateau and southern Rocky Mountains / Ronald C. Blakey The southern midcontinent, Permian basin, and Ouachitas / Andrew D. Miall The Western Interior basin / Andrew D. Miall ... [et al.] Cordilleran sedimentary basins of western Canada record 180 million years of terrane accretion / Brian D. Ricketts Subduction-related sedimentary basins of the USA cordillera / Raymond V. Ingersoll Laramide sedimentary basins / Timothy F. Lawton Sverdrup Basin / Ashton Embry and Benoit Beauchamp The Atlantic margin basins of North America / Andrew D. Miall, Hugh R. Balkwill and Jock McCracken Depositional evolution of the Gulf of Mexico sedimentary basin / William E. Galloway Geology of the late Cretaceous to Cenozoic Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin, Canada / Jim Dixon ... [et al.] Postscript : What have we learned and where do we go from here? / Andrew D. Miall. In recent years there have been rapid strides in our understanding of plate-tectonic processes, many developments in methods of basin analysis, and the accumulation of much new surface and subsurface geological and geophysical data. Projects such as COCORP (in the United States) and Lithoprobe (in Canada) have provided essential insights into the deep crustal structure of the continent. Synthesis of all the available information about North America2s geological regions has not been attempted systematically since the "Decade of North American Geology" project undertaken by the Geological Society of America and the Geological Survey of Canada nearly twenty years ago. The book commences with a summary of the Phanerozoic geological history of the United States and Canada, illustrated with a suite of new paleogeographic maps, and tying in each of the subsequent regional chapters by the inclusion of numerous cross-references