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The Deep Proterozoic Crust in the North Atlantic Provinces

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Editors:
  1. Alex C. Tobi

    1. Earth Science Institute, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  2. Jacques L. R. Touret

    1. Earth Science Institute, The Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 158)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Deep Proterozoic Crust in the North-Atlantic Provinces

    1. Opening Address

      • K. S. Heier
      Pages 1-2

    2. Precambrian Geodynamical Constraints

      • N. J. Vlaar
      Pages 3-20

    3. Seismic Reflection Results From Precambrian Crust

      • Scott B. Smithson, William R. Pierson, Sharon L. Wilson, Roy A. Johnson
      Pages 21-37

    4. Proterozoic Anorthosite Massifs

      • R. F. Emslie
      Pages 39-60

    5. Sm-Nd Isotopic Studies of Proterozoic Anorthosites: Systematics and Implications

      • Lewis D. Ashwal, Joseph L. Wooden
      Pages 61-73

    6. Temperature, Pressure and Metamorphic Fluid Regimes in the Amphibolite Facies to Granulite Facies Transition Zones

      • Robert C. Newton
      Pages 75-104

    7. Fluid Enhanced Mass Transport in Deep Crust and its Influence on Element Abundances and Isotope Systems

      • W. E. Glassley, D. Bridgwater
      Pages 105-117

    8. C-O-H Fluid Calculations and Granulite Genesis

      • William M. Lamb, John W. Valley
      Pages 119-131

  3. The Proterozoic Provinces in North America and Greenland

    1. Tectonic Framework of the Grenville Province in Ontario and Western Quebec, Canada

      • A. Davidson
      Pages 133-149

    2. A 1650 MA Orogenic Belt Within the Grenville Province of Northeastern Canada

      • A. Thomas, G. A. G. Nunn, R. J. Wardle
      Pages 151-161

    3. A Reassessment of the Grenvillian Orogeny in Western Labrador

      • T. Rivers, G. A. G. Nunn
      Pages 163-174

    4. Geological Evolution of the Adirondack Mountains: A Review

      • J. M. McLelland, Y. W. Isachsen
      Pages 175-215

    5. Polymetamorphism in the Adirondacks: Wollastonite at Contacts of Shallowly Intruded Anorthosite

      • John W. Valley
      Pages 217-236

    6. Pb-Isotopic Studies of Proterozoic Igneous Rocks, West Greenland, with Implications on the Evolution of the Greenland Shield

      • Feiko Kalsbeek, Paul N. Taylor
      Pages 237-245

    7. Correlations between the Grenville Province and Sveconorwegian Orogenic Belt — Implications for Proterozoic Evolution of the Southern Margins of the Canadian and Baltic Shields

      • Charles F. Gower
      Pages 247-257
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The Proterozoic terrains of South Scandinavia and the Grenville Province in North-America have many common features : Regional high­ grade metamorphism (Granulite-facies), anorthosites, etc. They are separated by the Caledonian orogeny and, above all, by the Atlantic Ocean. During the time of the great continental drift controversy, few people were ready to admit that both sides on the Atlantic were once an unique province. Now everybody agrees on the Post-paleozoic age of the Atlantic and, consequently, on the intrinsic homogeneity of the much older. rocks which occur around it. But a detailed comparison is not easy. The Grenville Province is much larger than South Scandinavia, both regions have been investigated by a great number of different schools, using various methods, approaches and concepts. After several attempts, and long discussion, it was felt by a small group of individuals, that literature study would not be enough and that nothing could re­ place the direct contact, in the field, of specialists who had a first­ hand knowledge of all involved regions. The formula of a NATO Advanced Study Institute, which gives a unique opportunity to meet and mix people of various origin and levels, came almost by itself. Much work was needed, much help has been obtained, as detailed in the "Acknowledgements".

Editors and Affiliations

  • Earth Science Institute, State University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Alex C. Tobi

  • Earth Science Institute, The Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Jacques L. R. Touret

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Deep Proterozoic Crust in the North Atlantic Provinces

  • Editors: Alex C. Tobi, Jacques L. R. Touret

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5450-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2101-3Due: 30 September 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8907-4Published: 21 April 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5450-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 603

  • Number of Illustrations: 117 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Geophysics/Geodesy, Mineralogy

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