miogeocline

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miogeocline [‚mī·ō′jē·ə‚klīn]

(geology)

A nonvolcanic (nonmagmatic) continental margin, characterized by carbonate, shale, and sandstone sediments.

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No references found			Instead of the almost inscrutable lands of the western orogen, we are now poking among braided thrust faults, telescoped facies boundaries and sedately sprawled Early Cretaceous plutonic suites in the northern miogeocline in pursuit of either a cryptic great fault, or 2000 kilometres worth of distributed dextral smearing, or both. Paleogeography of the North American Cordillera: Evidence For and ... by Nelson, JoAnne / Geoscience Canada 1984, Miogeoclines and suspect terranes of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogen: Tectonic patterns in the North Atlantic region: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. Geology of the Parliament Buildings 5: Geology of the Manitoba ... by Young, Jeff / Geoscience Canada The rocks were thrust onto the North American miogeocline between Late Triassic and the earliest Cretaceous (Murphy, 2004). Emerald and aquamarine mineralization in Canada by Neufeld, Heather L.D. / Geoscience Canada			Minusinsk Forest Steppe Minusinsk Horse Minusinsk Uprising minute minute hand Minute Man National Historical Park minute pressure minute wheel minuteman Minuteman missile Minuteman Missile National Historic Site minutemen Minutes minutes on leg Minuvshie Gody Minya Konka Minya, Al Minya, al- minyulite Minzhilkiev, Bulat Minzhilkiev, Bulat Abdullaevich MIO Miocene Miocene Epoch miocrystalline miogeocline Miogeosyncline Miohippus Miory Miosireninae miosis miotic MIP mapping MIPC Miphkad Mipora MIPS MIPS project MIPS R2000 MIPS R2010 MIPS R3000 MIPS R4000 MIPS Technologies MIPS Technologies, Inc. Miquelon Mir Mir Bozhii Mir Dzhalal Mir i Progress Mir Iskusstva Mir Mokhsun Navvab			Mio Mio mio mio mio- MIO-ECSDE MIOA MIOAK MIOB MIOBC MIOC miocardia miocardia miocardia MIOCB Miocene Miocene Miocene epoch Miocene epoch Miocene Era Miocene Era Miocene period Miocene period MIOCP MIOCR miocrystalline MIOCT MIOD MIOFF MIOG MIOGE miogeocline Miogeosyncline Miogeosyncline Miohippus Miohippus Miohippus MIoIR MIOJ MIOL MIOM Miombo Miombo forest Miombo woodland Miombo Woodland/Savanna Miombo woodlands MIOMD MIOMS MIOMT MION MIONP MIOP Miopia Miopia Miopia Miopithecus miopus MIOQ Mior Miory MIOS

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