Belt Basin : window to Mesoproterozoic Earth /

The Belt Basin displays one of the planet's best-exposed and best-preserved sequences of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. This volume focuses on research into this province, kindles ideas about this critical era of Earth evolution and covers aspects of the basin from its paleontol...

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Corporate Authors: Geological Society of America, Belt Symposium
Other Authors: MacLean, John S. (John Stuart) (Editor), Sears, James W. (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Geological Society of America, 2016.
Series:Special papers (Geological Society of America) ; 522.
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Summary:The Belt Basin displays one of the planet's best-exposed and best-preserved sequences of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary and igneous rocks. This volume focuses on research into this province, kindles ideas about this critical era of Earth evolution and covers aspects of the basin from its paleontology, mineralogy, sedimentology and stratigraphy to its magmatism, ore deposits, geophysics and structural geology.
Item Description:A collection of papers from the 5th Belt Symposium, Salmon, Idaho, 2013, on the geology of the Belt Basin, or Purcell Basin.
Physical Description:xi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780813725222 (pbk.)
0813725224 (pbk.)