The Neoproterozoic Timanide Orogen of eastern Baltiea extendsfrom the high Arctic to the southern Ural Mountains and representssignificant crustal growth of the northeastern European continentalmargin in the late Neoproterozoic. This volume, a co-operationbetween Western European and Russian scientists within the frameworkof the European Science Foundation’s EUROPROBE programme,provides a comprehensive overview of the orogen and representsa new synthesis of Timanian Orogeny. It includes: the pre-Timanianpassive margin deposits of the northern and northeastern flankof the East European Craton; the magmatic, metamorphic and structuralevolution of the orogen across the Timan Mountain and PechoraBasin regions to the Ural Mountains; the post-Timanian platformsuccessions, important for interpreting the timing of orogenyand the return to an early Palaeozoic passive margin setting;and the extension of the orogen northwards to Novaya Zemlya.Relationships westwards to the Caledonides of Greenland andScandinavia and eastwards to the Baikalides of Siberia are alsotreated.
This volume will be of interest to geoseientists, students andresearchers concerned with orogenic processes and regional tectonics.
