CHAPTER IV. APPALACHIAN AND RELATED SYSTEMS; PALEOZOIC STRUCTURES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF CENTRAL STABLE REGION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. REFERENCE MATERIAL vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
6. CHAPTER I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CONTINENTS 1
7. CHAPTER II. THE CANADIAN SHIELD AND ITS ANCIENT ROCKS 11
8. CHAPTER III. THE INTERIOR LOWLANDS AND THE SCIENCE OF GENTLY DIPPING STRATA 23
9. CHAPTER IV. APPALACHIAN AND RELATED SYSTEMS; PALEOZOIC STRUCTURES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH OF CENTRAL STABLE REGION 42
10. CHAPTER V. LANDS AND SEAS SOUTH OF THE CONTINENT: MODERN ANALOGUES OF GEOSYNCLINES 79
11. CHAPTER VI. THE MOUNTAIN BELT OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA; INTRODUCTION TO THE CORDILLERAN SYSTEM 92
12. CHAPTER VII. THE EASTERN RANGES AND PLATEAUS; A NOVEL STRUCTURAL ELEMENT 101
13. CHAPTER VIII. THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA: ITS GEOSYNCLINE AND THE MOUNTAIN BELT THAT FORMED FROM IT 133
14. CHAPTER IX. CENOZOIC ROCKS AND STRUCTURES OF THE MAIN PART OF THE CORDILLERA; LATER MODIFICATIONS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE 156
15. EPILOGUE 183
16. SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 184
17. GENERAL INDEX 189
18. INDEX OF AUTHORS CITED 196
19. Backmatter 198