Long-term cyclicities: introduction | p. 1 |
Types of long-term cycles | p. 2 |
Early ideas | p. 3 |
Further development | p. 4 |
Current research | p. 9 |
Causes of cyclicity | p. 15 |
Introduction | p. 15 |
Theses of system geotectonics | p. 15 |
Stratigraphy and the galactic year | p. 25 |
The geodynamic cycle and orogenic epochs | p. 28 |
Geodynamic megacycles of evolution | p. 32 |
Final remarks | p. 34 |
Cyclicity in earth's geological evolution | p. 37 |
Earth's history | p. 37 |
Cyclicity in earth's processes | p. 38 |
Tectonic-sedimentary episodes | p. 41 |
Cyclic basin formation | p. 44 |
Sedimentary fill | p. 44 |
Metallogenic epochs | p. 48 |
Final remarks | p. 50 |
Examples of sedimentary basins of world | p. 51 |
Introduction | p. 51 |
Andes Fueginos | p. 53 |
Andean foreland basins: Patagonia | p. 64 |
Karoo Basin (South Africa) | p. 80 |
Northwest and Central Europe | p. 95 |
Ireland | p. 123 |
Duero Basin (Spain) | p. 131 |
The sedimentary record of foreland-basin, tectophase cycles: examples from the Appalachian Basin, USA | p. 139 |
Introduction | p. 139 |
Flexural rationale and stratigraphic manifestations | p. 140 |
Appalachian basin foreland-basin cycles | p. 153 |
Discussion and conclusions | p. 169 |
Geological history of the Greater Amazonas Basin in Brazil | p. 173 |
Introduction | p. 173 |
Acre Basin | p. 173 |
Solimoes Basin | p. 178 |
Amazonas Basin | p. 180 |
Amazon Mouth Basin | p. 184 |
Integration of data and conclusions | p. 188 |
Sedimentary basins of Brazilian Borborema and Sao Francisco tectonic provinces since Mesoproterozoic | p. 191 |
Introduction | p. 191 |
Tectonic history | p. 191 |
Geology of Sao Francisco and Borborema provinces | p. 194 |
Sedimentary basins | p. 198 |
Basin evolution and sediment fill | p. 202 |
Final remarks | p. 235 |
Russian Arctic shelf sedimentary basins | p. 237 |
Introduction | p. 237 |
Barents-North Kara Basin | p. 238 |
South Kara Basin | p. 247 |
Laptev Sea Basin | p. 250 |
Sedimentary basins of the East-Siberian and Chukchi Seas | p. 260 |
Conclusions | p. 269 |
Acknowledgments | p. 271 |
Cyclicity in the evolution of the Neogene North Croatian Basin (Pannonian Basin system) | p. 273 |
Introduction | p. 273 |
Deposition in the North Croatian Basin during the Neogene and cyclicity | p. 277 |
Conclusions | p. 283 |
Long-period cycles: a case study from the Arabian-Nubian craton | p. 285 |
Introduction | p. 285 |
Najd fault cycle | p. 288 |
Nubian cycle I | p. 291 |
Nubian cycle II | p. 294 |
Hoggar emergent cycle | p. 295 |
Nubian cycle III | p. 296 |
Hercynian cycle | p. 298 |
Jurhom cycle | p. 299 |
Neotethys cycle | p. 303 |
Arabian Plate cycle | p. 308 |
Conclusions | p. 310 |
Acknowledgments | p. 311 |
Cyclicity in Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic Cuddapah Supergroup and its significance in basinal evolution | p. 313 |
Introduction | p. 313 |
Evolutionary trends of the Proterozoic basins | p. 313 |
The Cuddapah Basin | p. 315 |
Discussion | p. 351 |
Acknowledgments | p. 354 |
Cyclicity of the Mesozoic sedimentation on the eastern margin of the Chinese craton as a response to the main geodynamic events in the adjacent active oceanic area | p. 355 |
Introduction | p. 355 |
Mesozoic sedimentation and geodynamic settings on the eastern margin of the Chinese craton | p. 358 |
Triassic | p. 359 |
Jurassic | p. 369 |
Cretaceous | p. 382 |
Mesozoic sedimentation and geodynamic settings in the tectonical passive and active areas | p. 394 |
Conclusions | p. 395 |
Acknowledgments | p. 395 |
Sedimentary basins of polycyclic development in the south-eastern part of the Siberian platform: Uchur-Maiskaya Basin and Vilyuiskaya Syneclise | p. 397 |
Introduction | p. 397 |
Geological structure of the sedimentary cover of the Uchur-Maiskaya basin | p. 399 |
Vilyuskaya Syneclise | p. 412 |
Overview | p. 425 |
Introduction | p. 425 |
Andes Fueginos | p. 425 |
Andes foreland: Patagonia | p. 427 |
Greater Amazonas Basin | p. 428 |
NE Brazilian Borborema and Sao Francisco provinces | p. 430 |
Appalachian foreland basin | p. 433 |
West Ireland | p. 434 |
North-west and Central Europe | p. 435 |
Duero Basin (Spain) | p. 438 |
North Croatian Basin | p. 439 |
Russian Arctic shelf basins | p. 439 |
South-east Siberian platform | p. 441 |
Eastern margin of Chinese craton | p. 443 |
Proterozoic Cuddapah Basin (India) | p. 444 |
Arabian-Nubian shield | p. 445 |
Karoo Basin (South Africa) | p. 445 |
Concluding remarks | p. 448 |
Conclusions | p. 449 |
Introduction | p. 449 |
Causes of cyclicity | p. 450 |
Cyclicity of earth's geological phenomena | p. 450 |
Final remarks | p. 451 |
References | p. 453 |
Index | p. 503 |
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