In revising his now classic work on the geology of North America, Philip
B. King has devoted attention both to the new concepts of global
tectonics and to new facts obtained from fieldwork in recent years. From
its overview of the natural history of continents, to the sections
describing the characteristics and history of each region, this remains
a fundamental text on continental geology.
Originally published in 1977.
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