G 410/510 Geology of North America

G 410/510 Geology of North America

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Revised 11 March 13

Iceland once again has a volcanic eruption in progress. This one is subglacial:

http://www.earthice.hi.is/

2013 Syllabus

2011 Reading List : A new list will be posted during Spring 2013 Term

March 31: Iceland and Sea Floor Spreading Lecture

Only one slide from the Chris Scotese reconstructions is included in the slides. For more:

http://www.scotese.com/

The lecture incorporates figures from several classic plate tectonic papers. You will find a few at the following:

http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Wilson1963.pdf

http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Vine1963.pdf

http://www.mantleplumes.org/Morgan1971.html

http://www.mantleplumes.org/Iceland2.html

http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Courtillot2003.pdf

http://www.mantleplumes.org/WebDocuments/Hey2010.pdf

Atlantic Basin Part One

The Bahamas Platform is a useful modern analog for ancient carbonate deposts. A website providing a rich introduction to reefs and related carbonate deposits can be found at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez's Department of Marine Sciences:

http://geology.uprm.edu/MorelockSite/morelockonline/reefgeol.htm

Introduction to Seismic Interpretation Lecture

Atlantic Basin Part Two

Arctic Basin

Evolution of the Northern Gulf of Mexico through the Cenozoic: A 3D visualization tour (Sylvia, Galloway, & Comellas 2003 AAPG )

The Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico

The San Andreas Fault

Salt

Cenozoic Devlopment of the Northeast Pacific Margin

Airphoto Interpretation Exercise 21 April 11

Airphoto Interpretation Exercise 28 April 11

Rifting in the Gulf of California and the Rio Grande Rift

Tertiary and Cretaceous Basins

Laramide Orogeny

Sevier Orogeny

A good introduction to paleomagnetism and its diverse applications can be found at Lisa Tauxe's site:

http://magician.ucsd.edu/Essentials/

Mesozoic Terrane Accretion

Paleogeography Exercise: Download either of the following files:

Huntington Quad jpeg

Huntington Quad pdf

The Book Cliffs

Appalachian Chain Part One

Appalachian Chain Part Two

Precambrian

Selected topics and animations

Basins

You will find the following thrust fault animations interesting:

http://courses.eas.ualberta.ca/eas421/animations/thrustanimations.html

NB The above animations here are © John Waldron 2010. They are made available for non-commercial, educational use provided their source is acknowledged and this notice is included when they are displayed; please contact John Waldron john.waldron@uaberta.ca for conditions of use.

Some Useful Websites:

Introduction to General Geology from the University of Houston

http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/physical/onlinefall2001.html

A set of fine photographs illustrating geology in the field by Marli Miller of U of Oregon:

http://www.marlimillerphoto.com/

An introduction to the Geologic Time Scale from UC Berkeley

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/geologictime.php

Gillian Fouger and Don Anderson developed a website devoted to the mantle plume hypothesis. It contains many links to current and classic papers:

http://www.mantleplumes.org/

Ron Blakey's paleogeographic maps of the southwest US, North America, and more

(scroll down the page to find separate mapping themes

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/