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The Arctic Ocean

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Alan E. M. Nairn

    1. Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

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  2. Michael Churkin

    1. U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

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  3. Francis G. Stehli

    1. University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Continental Plates and Accreted Oceanic Terranes in the Arctic

    • Michael Churkin Jr., James H. Trexler Jr.
    Pages 1-20

  3. Geology of Alaska Bordering the Arctic Ocean

    • J. Thomas Dutro Jr.
    Pages 21-36

  4. The North American Plate from the Arctic Archipelago to the Romanzof Mountains

    • D. K. Norris, C. J. Yorath
    Pages 37-103

  5. Evolution of the Canadian Arctic Islands: A Transition between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans

    • J. Wm. Kerr
    Pages 105-199

  6. The Northern Margin of Greenland from Baffin Bay to the Greenland Sea

    • Peter R. Dawes, John S. Peel
    Pages 201-264

  7. The Geology of Svalbard, the Western Part of the Barents Sea, and the Continental Margin of Scandinavia

    • K. Birkenmajer
    Pages 265-329

  8. Geology of the Soviet Arctic: Kola Peninsula to Lena River

    • Michael Churkin Jr., George Soleimani, Claire Carter, Rhoda Robinson
    Pages 331-375

  9. Tectonics of the Soviet Far East

    • Y. A. Kosygin, L. M. Parfenov
    Pages 377-412

  10. The Tectonic Zones of Northeastern USSR and the Formation of its Continental Crust

    • N. A. Shilo, S. M. Til’man
    Pages 413-438

  11. Geology and Physiography of the Continental Margin North of Alaska and Implications for the Origin of the Canada Basin

    • Arthur Grantz, Stephen Eittreim, Olive T. Whitney
    Pages 439-492

  12. The Greenland—Norwegian Sea and Iceland Environment: Geology and Geophysics

    • P. R. Vogt, R. K. Perry, R. H. Feden, H. S. Fleming, N. Z. Cherkis
    Pages 493-598

  13. Geology and Geophysics of the Amerasian Basin

    • David L. Clark
    Pages 599-634

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 635-673
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This trip backward in time capsulizes in a general way the geologic development of the area that is now northern Alaska. The Cretaceous through Recent history is predominantly one of erosion of the ancient Brooks Range and filling of the Colville Geosyncline under processes like those in Operation today. All the rocks older than Jurassic, however, were deposited far from their present sites. One of the intriguing tectonic puzzles involves the geographic positions and relative timing of events that occurred during the orogeny that built the Brooks Range. I suggest that pre-Cretaceous deposition took place far to the north along the western margin of the Caledonides. Subsequently, the region that is now northern Alaska moved southward and impinged upon a northward moving plate, or plates, from the Pacific region. Interactions between these two major parts of the earth's crust produced the Brooks Range during the Jurassic. Later developments reflect continuing readjustments of the northern third of of thrust Alaska as southward movement was dissipated in diverse systems faulting and lateral displacement. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am indebted to many colleagues who, during the past 30 years, shared with me the excitement and pleasures of exploring the geology of northern Alaska. Among these are W. P. Brosge, H. N. Reiser, R. L. Detterman, A. K. Armstrong, A. L. Bowsher, E. G. Sable, I. L. Tailleur, C. G. Mull, M. D. Mangus, A. H. Lachenbruch, M. C. Lachenbruch, R. L. Morris, C. J.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA

    Alan E. M. Nairn

  • U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, USA

    Michael Churkin

  • University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Francis G. Stehli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Arctic Ocean

  • Editors: Alan E. M. Nairn, Michael Churkin, Francis G. Stehli

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1248-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-1250-6Published: 20 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-1248-3Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 672

  • Number of Illustrations: 277 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Oceanography

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