3. RESUMl OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA 



Major Tectonic Divisions 



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CONTENTS 



EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 

 PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 

 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 



1. INTRODUCTION 



Purpose of Book Method of Presentation Kinds of Illustrations 

 Maps for Collateral Use Authority for Stratigraphic Correlations 

 Exercises 



2. STRUCTURAL TERMINOLOGY 



Need of Standard Terms for Regional Structures Meaning and 

 Choice of Terms for This Book Terms for Structural Disturbances 

 Classification Used for Crustal Disturbances 



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4. PRECAMBRIAN TECTONIC PROVINCES 22 



Distribution of Precambrian Rocks Canadian Shield Arctic Stable 

 Region Precambrian Provinces of the United States 



5. CENTRAL STABLE REGION OF THE UNITED STATES 37 



General Characteristics Pre-Devonian Basins Transcontinental Arch 

 Eastern Interior Basins and Arches Northwestern Interior Basins and 

 Arches 



6. PALEOZOIC CORDILLERAN GEOSYNCLINE 63 



Divisions and their Characteristics Basins and Uplifts of the Western 

 United States and Southern British Columbia Eugeosyncline in 

 Southeastern Alaska, Northern British Columbia, and the Yukon Sum- 

 mary of Orogenic History 



7. APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS 91 



Major Structural Divisions Relations to Geomorphic Provinces 



8. SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIANS 97 



Extent and Divisions Major Elements of Stratigraphy Folded and 

 Thrust-Faulted Appalachian Mountains Blue Ridge Province Pied- 

 mont Province Summary of Orogenic History 



9. EASTERN TRIASSIC BASINS 128 



Distribution of Basins Nature of Triassic Rocks Structure of Basins 

 Origin of Basins Late Triassic Phase (Palisades Orogeny) 



10. ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN AND ADJACENT OCEAN BASIN 135 



Extent and Character of Sediments Stratigraphy Structure Con- 

 stitution of Continental Shelf and Adjacent Atlantic Ocean Crust 



11. NEW ENGLAND APPALACHIAN SYSTEMS 154 



Divisions of New England Appalachians Hudson Valley-Lake Cham- 

 plain Region Central and Eastern New England Carboniferous 

 Basins 



