The sediment archive, of material eroded from an active tectonic region and stored in
adjacent basins, can provide a valuable record of hinterland tectonism especially when …

The source characteristics and depositional environments of banded iron formations (BIFs)
can provide key information on the chemical composition, redox environment, and tectonic …

Using Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation Page 1 Page 2 Using
Geochemical Data: Evaluation, Presentation, Interpretation Page 3 Other titles in the series An …

A series of shales and sandstones found near the source of the Sangre de Cristo, Belden,
and Maroon Formations from central Colorado were examined petrographically and were …

Construction and assembly of the Geologic Time Scale involves:(a) constructing a relative
(chronostratigraphic) standard scale for key periods in the Earth's rock record;(b) identifying …

Shales, siltstones, and sandstones of Pennsylvanian-Permian age from near the source in
Colorado to those in the platform in eastern Colorado and Kansas have been analyzed for …

The earth's history is traced through the tectonic evolution of the continental crust from the
very beginning of the geological record, rather than by studying the stratigraphy of a …

This substantially revised edition includes recently published information relating to plate
tectonics and continental origin. A large number of new figures have been added, and new …

Twenty-three clastic metasediments from the Kongling high-grade terrain of the Yangtze
craton, South China were analyzed for major, trace and rare earth elements and Sm-Nd …

Petrographic, major, trace, and rare earth element compositions of sandstones from the
upper Miocene Kudankulam Formation, Southern India, have been investigated to …