INDEX 627 cratons (continued) East European Craton 2:34-49 accretionary wedge terranes 4:459f Archaean crust 2:38, 2:42f, 2:43f, 2:44f, 2:45f, 2:47f background information 2:34 craton assembly 2:47, 2:48f crustal provinces 4:459f crustal segments Fennoscandian Shield 2:38, 2:41 f, 2:42f, 2:43f, 2:44f, 2:48f general discussion 2:38 Sarmatia 2:41f, 2:42f, 2:45, 2:45f, 2:48f Volgo-Uralia 2:41f, 2:42f, 2:46, 2:47/", 2:48f crustal thickness 2:3Sf9 2:36, 3:656, 3:657f, 3:658 geographic location 2:35f gravity fields 2:36 Kola Peninsula 2:44f lithologies 2:39f magnetic anomalies 2:36, 2:37f margins 2:34 morphology 2:36 Mylonite Zone 2:43f, 2:44 erogenic events 2:40, 2:48f palaeogeographic reconstruction 2:47 Phanerozoic 2:36, 2:38f, 2:48f Precambrian 2:34 Proterozoic 2:43f, 2:48f rift systems 2:105, 2:36, 2:41f, 2:48f Russia 4:456, 4:457f, 4:458f Russian Platform 2.-35/J 2:36, 2:38f, 2:41f sedimentary basins 4:456, 4:457f, 4:458f, 4:460f sedimentary cover 2:35f, 2:36, 2:38f, 2:39f, 2:40f, 2:41f structural features 3:650, 3:651f tectonic evolution 3:648 Timanide Orogeny 2:34, 2:49-50, 2:53, 2:54f, 4:458-459, 4:464 topography 2:36 Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ) 3:648, 3:648f, 3:649f, 3:651, 3:652f Uralide orogeny 2:34-35, 3:648 Variscides Orogeny 3:648, 3:651 volcanism 2:40, 2:48f Fennoscandian Shield carbonatites 3:228f crustal provinces 2:42f^ 2:43f evolution 2:48f general description 2:38 Neoproterozoic 2:41 f Suess, Eduard2:238 Triassic 2:108 global distribution 5:173 f Gondwana 1:238f, l:306f Hearne craton 4:16, 4:17f Hyperborean craton 4:456, 4:457f, 4:468 Indian Shield 1:238f, 3:285, 3:286f Indian Sub-Continent Aravalli-Bundelkhand Craton 3:287f, 3:288, 3:291t, 3:291f Bastar-Bhandara Craton 3:286, 3:287f, 3:289f Dharwar Craton 3:286, 3:287f, 3:288t, 3:288f Eastern Ghats Granulite Belt 3:287f, 3:289 Singhbhum Craton 3:287, 3:287f, 3:290f,3:291t Southern Granulite Terrain 3:287f, 3:288, 3:288f Kaapvaal craton, South Africa 1:132-135, l:280f, 1:429, 5:39 kimberlites 3:252f lamproites 3:257, 3:259f North American continental interior 4:22, 4:8-21 Pan-African orogeny 1:1, l:2f, l:3f Pangaea 5:177-178, 5:17^ platforms 5:173 Precambrian craton 4:48 Rae craton 4:16 Sask craton 4:16 sedimentary deposits 5:177 seismic characteristics 5:173, 5:174f shields l:306f, l:307f, 5:173 Siberian craton 3:649f, 4:167f, 4:456, 4:457f, 4:462f, 4:463, 4:463f Slave craton kimberlites 3:23, 3:23f Precambrian continental nucleus 4:10f, 4:llf9 4:12, 4:13f, 4:16, 4:18 f supercontinents 4:12, 4:14f, 5:177, 5:178f supercratons 4:14f, 4:16, 4:17 Superior craton 4:llf, 4:12, 4:13f, 4:16, 4:17f, 4:19f terranes 5:175, 5:176f ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks 5:53 6f Wyoming craton 4:12, 4:16 Zimbabwe craton 1:132-135 creaming curves 4:331-332, 4:333f creationism 1:381-386 Creation science 1:258, 1:385 Cuvier, Georges 1:382, 2:182 definitions 1:381 fake fossils 2:172 Flood Geology 1:254, 1:382, 1:384, 2:182,2:224-225 Fundamentalism 1:383 gap theory 1:383 radiometric dating 1:386 Scriptural Geology 1:383 Seventh Day Adventists 1:384 static versus dynamic theories 1:382 See also Biblical geology creep aeolian systems 4:612-614, 4:613f landslides 4:691, 4:691f made ground 1:541, 1:541 f particle-driven subaqueous gravity processes 5:2 creodonts 5:475-476, 5:485 crescentic dunes 4:618-620, 4:619f, 4:620f, 4:621f crescentic gouges 4:668-669, 4:670f Cressagian stage 4:183 f Cretaceous 3:360-372 Alps 2:131f, 2:132f, 2:132-133 ammonites 2:400-401, 2:401f amphibians Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) boundary 2:523 fossil assemblages 2:516 Lissamphibia albanerpetontids 2:521 /", 2:523 Celtedens ibericus 2:521f frogs 2:521f9 2:522 salamanders 2:522 Shomronella jordanica 2:521 f Valdotriton gracilis 2:522f Andes Mountains 1:128 angiosperms Acer trilobatum 2:419f Archaefructus liaoningensis 2:423f, 2:423-424 diversification 2:424, 2:426f origins 2:420-422, 2:422f palaeolatitudes 2:426f Palmoxylon 2:420f pollen 2:426f pollen-feeding insects 2:426, 2:427f Quercus 2:420f water lily 2:425f anoxic environments 1:23, 3:363, 3:370-371, 4:497-499 Antarctica l:134f, 1:137 Arabia l:142f, l:144f arthropods (Arthropoda) 2:277 Atlantic Margin evolution 4:104f atmosphere 3:360 background information 3:360 Baltimore Canyon trough 4:104f biodiversity 1:262-263, 1:263f, l:264f biota marine biota arthropods (Arthropoda) 3:367, 3:367f brachiopods 3:367, 3:367/ bryozoans (Bryozoa) 3:367, 3:367f calcareous nannoplankton 3:366, 3:366f Coccolithophoridae 3:366, 3:366f corals 3:367, 3:367f diatoms 3:366, 3:366f dinoflagellates 3:366, 3:366f echinoderms 3:367, 3:367f fish 3:368, 3:368f foraminifera 3:366, 3:366f gastropods (Gastropoda) 3:367, 3:367f invertebrates 3:367 marine reptiles 3:368, 3:368f molluscs 3:367, 3:367f protists 3:366