Changing Framework of the Guiana Shield

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

It is based on thorough literature research, including many 'grey' papers in old conference proceedings that are not available digitally, written in the five languages of the Guiana Shield countries Dutch, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish, collected by the author during the fifty years of his involvement in Guiana Shield research.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-10
Mått:155 x 235 x 7 mm
Vikt:230 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences
Antal sidor:111
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031863332

Utforska kategorier

Geologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Tillämpad fysik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

PhD 1976, University of Amsterdam, on high-grade metamorphism in SW Suriname. 1972-1978 geologist-petrologist Geological Mining Service Suriname ; 1978-1979, lecturer physical geography, University College Swaziland; 1979-1982 lecturer Remote Sensing Centro Interamericano de Fotointerpretación, Bogotá, Colombia; 1982-1996 Full professor of Geology, Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands; 1996-2009 Full professor of Geology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands; 2009-present, emeritus and guest researcher Delft University of Technology; 2017-present Guest researcher Utrecht University; 2017-present Endowed professor of geology, Anton de Kom University of Suriname. Awards: Plancius Medal, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 2023; F.P. Litke Golden Medal, Russian Geographical Society, March 2021; Van Waterschoot van der Gracht Medal, Royal Netherlands Geological and Mining Society, November 201; Honorary Professor Moscow State University, 2008. 50 years of research in the Guiana Shield, 170 full papers, 8 books for non-specialists, many media outlets, see website www.salomonkroonenberg.nl for details.

Innehållsförteckning

1.Introduction.- 2.The early days: geosynclines and granitization.- 3.The dawn of geochronology in the Guiana Shield.- 4.Precambrian fixism or plate tectonics? Venezuela leads the way.- 5.The radar mapping era: a Brazilian role model.- 6.Geochronological provinces: Brazilian points of view.- 7.Greenstone belts of the Guianas.- 8.Challenging the Brazilian geochronological provinces: the Fraga model.- 9.The Trans-Amazonian Orogeny: a synthesis.- 10.The Guiana Shield: reworked older basement or juvenile additions?.