Geological history of Britain and Ireland 2nd Edition by Nigel Woodcock, Rob Strachan ISBN 978-1405193825 1405193824

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ISBN 10: 1405193824

ISBN 13: 978-1405193825  

Author: Nigel H. Woodcock,  Rob Strachan

Britain and Ireland have a remarkably varied geology for so small a fragment of continental crust, with a fine rock record back through three billion years of geological time. This history would have been interesting enough if it had been played out on relatively stable continental crust. However, Britain and Ireland have developed at a tectonic crossroads, on crust once traversed by subduction zones and volcanic arcs, continental rifts and mountain belts. The resulting complexity is instructive, fascinating and perplexing.

Geological History of Britain and Ireland tells the region’s story at a level accessible to undergraduate geologists, as well as to postgraduates, professionals or informed amateurs. This second edition is fully revised and updated, reflecting our continually developing knowledge of the region’s geology. Full coverage is again given to the rich Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic history, as well as to later events more relevant to hydrocarbon exploration. The book is an essential starting point for more detailed studies of the regional geology.

Table of contents: 

Part 1 Introduction

Regional Geological History: Why and How? – N. H. Woodcock and R. A. Strachan

Geological Framework of Britain and Ireland – R. E. Holdsworth, N. H. Woodcock and R. A. Strachan

Part 2 The Northern Margin of The Iapetus Ocean

Early Earth History and Development of the Archaean Crust – R. A. Strachan, C. D. Storey and A. R. Prave

Proterozoic Sedimentation, Orogenesis and Magmatism on the Laurentian Craton (2500–750 Ma) – R. A. Strachan, R. E. Holdsworth and A. R. Prave

Middle Neoproterozoic (<750 Ma) to Early Ordovician Sedimentation along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus – R. A. Strachan, A. R. Prave and R. E. Holdsworth

The Grampian Orogeny: Mid-Ordovician Arc–Continent Collision along the Laurentian Margin of Iapetus – R. A. Strachan

Mid-Ordovician to Silurian Subduction and Collision: Closure of the Iapetus Ocean – R. A. Strachan

Part 3 The Southern Margin of The Iapetus Ocean

Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian Accretionary History of Eastern Avalonia and Armorica on the Active Margin of Gondwana – R. A. Strachan

The Cambrian and Earliest Ordovician Quiescent Margin of Gondwana – N. H. Woodcock

Ordovician Volcanism and Sedimentation on Eastern Avalonia – N. H. Woodcock

Late Ordovician to Silurian Evolution of Eastern Avalonia during Iapetus Closure – N. H. Woodcock

Part 4 The End of the Iapetus Ocean

Early Devonian Sedimentary and Magmatic Interlude after Iapetus Closure – N. H. Woodcock

The Acadian Orogeny and its Mid–Late Devonian Depositional Aftermath – N. H. Woodcock

Part 5 The Variscan Cycle: Consolidation of Pangaea

Carboniferous Sedimentation and Volcanism on the Laurussian Margin – S. J. Davies, P. D. Guion and P. Gutteridge

The Variscan Orogeny: the Welding of Pangaea – L. N. Warr

Part 6 Post-variscan Intraplate Setting

Permian to Late Triassic Post-orogenic Collapse and Rifting, Arid Deserts, Evaporating Seas and Mass Extinctions – M. W. Hounslow, T. McKie and A. H. Ruffell

Triassic–Jurassic Boundary and Jurassic: Disintegrating Pangaea – S. P. Hesselbo

Early Cretaceous: Rifting and Sedimentation before the Flood – A. S. Gale

Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeogene Pelagic Deposits: Deposition on Greenhouse Earth – A. S. Gale

Part 7 The Thulean Plume and Its Aftermath

Palaeogene and Neogene Events: the North Atlantic Plume and Alpine Pulses – A. S. Gale, R. Anderton and R. A. Strachan

The Quaternary: History of an Ice Age – P. L. Gibbard and N. H. Woodcock

Index

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