Geological History of Britain and Ireland

Editors: Woodcock, Nigel H. and Strachan, Rob
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley

Single-User Purchase Price: $106.95
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $160.43
ISBN: 978-1-40-519381-8
Category: History - Great Britain -- History
Image Count: 292
Book Status: Available
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New edition reflects numerous advances in understanding of geological history of UK in last decade. New material on paleontological history New Chapter on effects of Geology on human settlement, land use , industry and so on 'Hot topic' boxes to show impact of global events (ie. extinctions) on UK geology.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface to the 1st Edition
  • Preface to the 2nd Edition
  • List of Contributors
  • PART 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1 Regional Geological History: Why and How?, N. H. Woodcock; R. A. Strachan
  • 2 Geological Framework of Britain and Ireland, R. E. Holdsworth; N. H. Woodcock; R. A. Strachan
  • PART 2 THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN
  • 3 Early Earth History and Development of the Archaean Crust, R. A. Strachan; C. D. Storey; A. R. Prave
  • 4 Proterozoic Sedimentation, Orogenesis and Magmatism on the Laurentian Craton (2500–750 Ma), R. A. Strachan; R. E. Holdsworth; A. R. Prave
  • 5 Middle Neoproterozoic (<750 Ma) to Early Ordovician Sedimentation along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus, R. A. Strachan; A. R. Prave; R. E. Holdsworth
  • 6 The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc–Continent Collision along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus, R. A. Strachan
  • 7 Mid-Ordovician to Silurian Subduction and Collision: Closure of the Iapetus Ocean, R. A. Strachan
  • PART 3 THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN
  • 8 Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Accretionary History of Eastern Avalonia and Armorica on the Active Margin of Gondwana, R. A. Strachan
  • 9 The Cambrian and Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin of Gondwana, N. H. Woodcock
  • 10 Ordovician Volcanism and Sedimentation on Eastern Avalonia, N. H. Woodcock
  • 11 Late Ordovician to Silurian Evolution of Eastern Avalonia during Iapetus Closure, N. H. Woodcock
  • PART 4 THE END OF THE IAPETUS OCEAN
  • 12 Early Devonian Sedimentary and Magmatic Interlude after Iapetus Closure, N. H. Woodcock
  • 13 The Acadian Orogeny and its Mid–Late Devonian Depositional Aftermath, N. H. Woodcock
  • PART 5 THE VARISCAN CYCLE: CONSOLIDATION OF PANGAEA
  • 14 Carboniferous Sedimentation and Volcanism on the Laurussian Margin, S. J. Davies; P. D. Guion; P. Gutteridge
  • 15 The Variscan Orogeny: the Welding of Pangaea, L. N. Warr
  • PART 6 POST-VARISCAN INTRAPLATE SETTING
  • 16 Permian to Late Triassic Post-orogenic Collapse and Rifting, Arid Deserts, Evaporating Seas and Mass Extinctions, M. W. Hounslow; T. McKie; A. H. Ruffell
  • 17 Triassic–Jurassic Boundary and Jurassic: Disintegrating Pangaea, S. P. Hesselbo
  • 18 Early Cretaceous: Rifting and Sedimentation before the Flood, A. S. Gale
  • 19 Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene Pelagic Deposits: Deposition on Greenhouse Earth, A. S. Gale
  • PART 7 THE THULEAN PLUME AND ITS AFTERMATH
  • 20 Palaeogene and Neogene Events: the North Atlantic Plume and Alpine Pulses, A. S. Gale; R. Anderton; R. A. Strachan
  • 21 The Quaternary: History of an Ice Age, P. L. Gibbard; N. H. Woodcock