The evolution of North America
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- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 1959
- Author
- King, Philip B.
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
- Call Number
- 03 K61t
- Author
- King, Philip B.
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
- Published Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 189 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Subjects
- Geology
- North America
- Contents
- The natural history of continents -- The Canadian shield and its ancient rocks -- The interior lowlands, and the science of gently-dipping strata -- Appalachian and related systems; Paleozoic structures southeast and south of central stable region -- Lands and seas south of the continent; modern analogues of geosynclines -- The mountain belt of western North America; introduction to the Cordilleran system -- The eastern ranges and plateau; a novel structural element -- The main part of the Cordillera; its geosyncline and the mountain belt that formed from it -- Cenozoic rocks and structures of the main part of the Cordillera: later modifications of the fundamental structure.
- Notes
- Ben Gadd Personal Library
- Accession Number
- 2021.20
- Call Number
- 03 K61t
- Collection
- Archives Library
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