Rift basins of Triassic-Jurassic age that are associated with
the breakup of the Pangean supercontinent contain an extraordinary
record of the physical and biological conditions during this
important period of Earth history. Rather than studying the rift
basins as local features, ongoing work reveals that the
Triassic-Jurassic rifts should be considered in a broader context
that spans the entire proto-Atlantic realm. The rift province,
collectively called the central Atlantic margin system, spans more
than 45 degrees of paleolatitude and records over 35 million years
of Earth history. The central Atlantic margin basins are of broad
appeal to researchers interested in topics as diverse as
extensional tectonics, the global magnetostratigraphic timescale,
the evolution of early mammals, the appearance and diversification
of dinosaurs, rift to drift crustal dynamics, astronomical forcing
of climate, and models for the formation and occurrence of economic
minerals and fossil fuel deposits. This extensive two-volume work
offers in-depth coverage of the North American components of the
Central Atlantic Magmatic Province rifts by experts in the
field.
In volume 1, leading researchers give thoroughly reviews and
highlight recent advances in our understanding of the structural
geology, tectonics, and volcanism of the Central Atlantic Magmatic
Province.
The companion volume, "The Great Rift Valleys of Pangea in
Eastern North America: Volume 2, Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and
Paleontology," 0-231-12676-X, covers such topics as sedimentary
rocks, stratigraphic architecture, early dinosaur and reptile
footprints, and vertebrate fossils of the Central Atlantic Magmatic
Province. It is edited by Peter M. LeTourneau and Paul E. Olsen and
is also available from Columbia University Press.
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