TECTONICS

Schuchert C. 1916 THE PROBLEM OF CONTINENTAL

FRACTURING AND DIASTROPHISM IN OCEANICA offprint

from Amer. Journ. Science [3^rd Ser.] 42: 91-105 8vo, wps,

spine covered with acid-free archival tape else vg, on

use of geosynclinal doctrine somewhat muddled with the

emerging theory of continental drift. A classic time capsule of

geologic thought on the subject.

                                                  Price: $4.00               (stock#GG002A)

Schuchert C. 1917  ATLANTIS AND THE PERMANENCY OF

THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN BOTTOM offprint from Proc.

National Acad. Sciences 3: 65-72, 8vo, wps, spine covered

with acid-free archival tape else vg and a fascinating paper

focused on the geologic possibilities of Atlantis, in which

Schuchert acknowledges his belief in pre-Cenozoic

continental drift.                    Price:  $6.00             (stock#GG001A)

Schuchert C. 1920  THE NATURE OF PALEOZOIC CRUSTAL

INSTABILITY IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA offprint from

Amer. Jour. Science [4^th Ser.] 1: 400-414 8vo, wps, vg, on

Schuchert’s views of Paleozoic orogenic events that affected

the North American craton. Scarce.

                                                  Price:  $4.00              (stock#GG004A)

Schuchert C. 1923  SITES AND NATURE OF THE NORTH

AMERICAN GEOSYNCLINE offprint from GSA Bulletin 34: 151-

230 (Presidential Address to the Society), 8vo, wps, spine with

acid-free archival cloth tape else vg. With much on the

Appalachian-Ouachita orogeny.