Tectonostratigraphic terrane analysis of the western and central Baltic Shield defines a framework for continental growth through the period 2.50-1,75 Ga, Eight discrete terrenes can he defined in this part of the Svecokarelian orogen: the older cratonic Kuhmo and HsaJmi terranes, the hybrid Lapland and Savo province allochthonous ler-ranes, the juvenile island-arc-I ike Skeltefte-Savonlinna and south Finland-central Sweden terranes. (he back-arc or arc-tike Outokumpu nappe, and the ophiolitic (oceanic?) Jormua nappe. Stitching events can also he recngnized. These include the ca- 1.88-1.87 Ca Svionian magmalic arc, the ca. 2.44 Ca Koillismaa intrusions, the Kalevian flysch basin, and the Bolhnian basin. Constraining the age of these stitching events permits the construction of an accretion history in which the "Svecok3relian orogeny" can be resolved as a number of accretion events, deformation episodes related to accretion or mjgmato-tectonic episodes. These events, defined here, include the pre-2.44 Ca Pohjolan accretion of the component parts of the Lapland hybrid terrane. the ca. 1.95 Ca Kyllikian accretion of the Karelian collage, Ihc ca. 1.90 Ga Karelian orogeny marked by the development of the Savo thrust bell in response to the accretion of the Skellefte-Savonlinna terrane to the Karelian collage, and (he ca. 1.88-1.87 Ga Svionian magmalic arc. The whole Svecokaretian collage had assembled by ca. 1.85 Ca, an amalgamation succeeded and stitched by a diverse collection of igneous and thermal events through the period 1.85-1.75 Ca.

The world’s mountain ranges are the clearest manifestations of long-term deformation of the continental crust. As such they have attracted geological investigations for centuries. Throughout this long history of research a few keynote publications stand out. One of the most important is the Geological Survey’s 1907 memoir, The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland. The papers in this Special Publication celebrate the 100th anniversary of this remarkable book, placing the original findings in a present-day context by juxtaposing them against modern studies, not only from the NW Highlands, but also from elsewhere around the world <...>

Previous to the publication in 1869 of Vol. II, Palaeontology of California, the deposits on the Pacific Coast now recognized as Cretaceous were not divided into groups or formations. In that volume Professors Whitney and Gabb gave the name Shasta group to the complex series of Lower Cretaceous beds which they recognized to be of different ages, probably from the Keocomian to the Gault, inclusive. They also proposed the names Chico group, Martinez group, and Tejon group for the beds overlying the Shasta in the order named. Of these the Tejon is now generally believed to be of Eocene age, and the Cretaceous portion of the ill-defined and heterogeneous Martinez group is inseparable from the Chico.

1. The Jurassic Badamu Formation in the Kerman Region with Remarks on the Jurassic Stratigraphy of Iran
2. Eocene Fish Remains from the Pabdeh Formation North of Ham
3. Upper Permian Corals from Julfa