Earth: Geologic Principles and History FIRST EDITIONCHERNICOFF/FOX/TANNER

Earth: Geologic Principles and History

FIRST EDITION

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Chapter 25The Geology of the

Cenozoic Era

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Figure 25.02: Summary diagram of divisions of Cenozoic time and major geologic events


Figure 25.03: Major Cenezoic orogenic belts


Figure 25.05: The Alpine orogen


Figure 25.06: Cross section of nappe-folded mountains


Figure 25.07: The Arabian-African three way rift


Figure 25.08: Reconstruction of the Himalayan orogeny


Figure 25.08: Reconstruction of the Himalayan orogeny


Figure 25.09: Cenozoic changes in the Pacific realm


Figure 25.10 a: Development of the Antarctic circumpolar current


Figure 25.10 b: Development of the Antarctic circumpolar current


Figure 25.11 a: Origin of the Gulf Stream current


Figure 25.11 b: Origin of the Gulf Stream current


Figure 25.12: Chronology of major glacial and interglacial stages in North America


Figure 25.13: Isotopic composition of foraminifera tests during the Ice Age


Figure 25.14: Major Pleistocene lakes in the West


Figure 25.15: Maximum North American ice coverage


Figure 25.16: Maximum European ice coverage


Figure 25.17: Reconstructed Beringia landbridge


Figure 25.18: Glacial rebound in Scandinavia


Figure 25.19: Green River Formation


Figure 25.21: Colorado Plateau


Figure 25.26: Physiographic features of the Cordillera


Figure 25.27: Cross-section of the Basin and Range province


Figure 25.28: Formation of the San Andreas transform


Figure 25.29: Formation of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard

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