Regional Trends in the Geology of the Appalachian-Caledonian-Hercynian-Mauritanide Orogen

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Geophysics and Geological Correlation within the Appalachian-Caledonide-Hercynian-Mauritanide Orogens — An Introduction....Pages 1-9
The Paleomagnetic Record of the Appalachians....Pages 11-26
Paleomagnetism of Lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian to Namurian) Volcanic Rocks of New Brunswick, Canada, and Its Tectonic Implications....Pages 27-28
Gravity and Magnetic Studies of Crustal Structure in Newfoundland....Pages 29-38
Compilation of Canadian Magnetic Anomaly Maps: A Status Report....Pages 39-44
Gravity Evidence of Crustal Structure in the United States Appalachians....Pages 45-54
Crustal Structure of the Scandinavian Peninsula as Deduced by Wavelength Filtering of Gravity Data....Pages 55-61
Regional Gravity Trends Associated with the Mauritanides Orogen (West Africa)....Pages 63-71
Geophisycal Evidence for the Existence of Mauritanide Structures Beneath the U. S. Atlantic Coastal Plain....Pages 73-73
A Stratigraphic Sketch of the Caledonide-Appalachian-Hercynian Orogen....Pages 75-111
Comments on the Stratigraphic/Structural Evolution of Scandinavia....Pages 113-115
Comments on the Stratigraphic Evolution of Morocco....Pages 117-119
The Meguma Terrane of Nova Scotia, Canada — An Aid in Trans-Atlantic Correlation....Pages 121-130
Relationship Between Precambrian and Lower Paleozoic Rocks of Southeastern New England and Other North Atlantic Avalonian Terrains....Pages 131-162
Volcanism and Plutonism in the Caledonides of Scandinavia....Pages 163-165
Volcanism and Plutonism in Britain and Ireland....Pages 167-171
Volcanism and Plutonism in the Appalachian Orogen....Pages 173-185
Main Features of Volcanism and Plutonism in Late Proterozoic and Dinantian Times in France....Pages 187-192
Regional Overview of Metamorphism in the Scandinavian Caledonides....Pages 193-204
Metamorphism in the British Caledonides....Pages 205-219
Compilation Caledonian Metamorphic Map of Ireland....Pages 221-233
A Northern Appalachian Metamorphic Transect — Eastern Townships, Quebec Maine Coast to the Central Maine Coast....Pages 235-247
Realms of Regional Metamorphism in Southern New England, with Emphasis on the Eastern Acadian Metamorphic High....Pages 249-258
Metamorphism in the U.S. Appalachians—Overview and Implications....Pages 259-262
Main Metamorphic Features of the Paleozoic Orogen in France....Pages 263-274
Proceedings of the Deformation Study Group, Caledonide Orogen Project....Pages 275-278
Timing of Deformation in the Scandinavian Caledonides....Pages 279-292
Time of Deformation in the British Caledonides....Pages 293-299
Deformation in the Irish Caledonides....Pages 301-306
Times of Deformation in the Canadian Appalachians....Pages 307-313
Timing of Orogenic Events in the U.S. Appalachians....Pages 315-337
Structural Domains of the Hercynian Belt in Morocco....Pages 339-345
Structure of the Mauritanides....Pages 347-353
Coticules — a Key to Correlation Along the Appalachian- Caledonian Orogen?....Pages 355-361
Metallic Mineral Zonation Related to Tectonic Evolution of the New Brunswick Appalachians....Pages 363-373
Evidence for the Allochthonous Nature of the Dunnage Zone in Central Newfoundland....Pages 375-376
Thrusting in the New World Island — Hamilton Sound Area of Newfoundland....Pages 377-378
Plate Kinematic Origins of Carboniferous and Offshore Basins of Eastern Canada, with Implications for Taconian and Later Motions....Pages 379-380
Early Paleozoic Tectonic Development of Southwestern Newfoundland....Pages 381-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-398