Table of Contents

Preface
Dennis Brown, Christopher Juhlin, and Victor Puchkov vii

Introduction
Dennis Brown, Christopher Juhlin, and Victor Puchkov 1

Section 1 . Crustal Structure and Orogen Evolution

Paleozoic Evolution of the East European Continental Margin Involved in the Uralide Orogeny
V. Puchkov 9

The Crustal Architecture of the Southern and Middle Urals From the URSEIS, ESRU, and Alapaev Reflection Seismic Surveys
D. Brown, C. Juhlin, A. Tryggvason, D. Steer, P. Ayarza, A/I. Beckholmen, A. Rybalka, and M. Bliznetsov 33

Insights Into the Architecture and Evolution of the Southern and Middle Urals From Gravity and Magnetic Data
G. S. Kimbell, C. Ayala, A. Gerdes, M. K. Kaban, V. A. Shapiro, and Y. P. Menshikov 49

Role of a Phase: Change Moho in Stabilization and Preservation of the Southern Uralide Orogen, Russia
Camelia C. Diaconescu and James H. Knapp 67

Tectonic Processes During Collisional Orogenesis From Comparison of the Southern Uralides With the Central Variscides
J. Alvarez-Marron 83

Section 2. Arc-Continent Collision in the Uralides

Arc-Continent Collision in the Southern Urals: Petrogenetic Aspects of the Forearc-Arc Complex
P. Spadea, M. D'Antonio, A. Kosarev, Y. Gorozhanina, and D. Brown 101

Ophiolites and Zoned Mafic-Ultramafic Massifs of the Urals: A Comparative Analysis and Some Tectonic
Implications
G. N. Savelieva, A. Ya. Sharaskin, A. A. Saveliev, P. Spadea, A. N. Pertsev, and I. I. Babarina 135

Massive Sulfide Deposits in the South Urals: Geological Setting Within the Framework of the Uralide Orogen
R. J. Herrington, R. N. Armstrong, V. V. Zaykov, V. V. Maslennikov, S. G. Tessalina, J.-J. Orgeval,
and R. N. A. Taylor 155

Surface Signals of an Arc-Continent Collision: The Detritus of the Upper Devonian Zilair Formation in the Southern Urals, Russia
A. P. Willner, T. Ermolaeva, Y N. Gorozhanina, V. N. Puchkov, A/I. Arzhavitina, V. N. Pazukhin, U. Kramm, and R. Walter 183

Section 3. Melt Generation, Emplacement and Geochronology

Granitoids of the Uralides: Implications for the Evolution of the Orogen
F. Bea, G. B. Fershtater, and P. Montero 211

Four Decades of Geochronological Work in the Southern and Middle Urals: A Review
J. H. Scarrow, R. Hetzel, V. M. Gorozhanin, M. Dinn, J. Glodny, A. Gerdes, C. Ayala, and P. Montero 233

Section 4. Late- to Post-Orogenic History and the Uplift of the Ural Mountains

The Syn- and Post-Orogenic Low Temperature Events in the Southern and Middle Urals:
Evidence From Fission-Track Analysis
D. Seward, D. Brown, R. Hetzel, M. Friberg, A. Gerdes, G. A. Petrov, and A. Perez-Estaun 257

Constraints on the Neogene-Quaternary Geodynamics of the Southern Urals: Comparative Study
of Neotectonic Data and Results of Strength and Strain Modeling Along the URSEIS Profile
V. O. Mikhailov, A. V. Tevelev, R. G. Berzin, E. A. Kiseleva, E. I. Smolyaninova,
A. K. Suleimanov, and E. P. Timoshkina 273

About the Author

Dennis Brown is head of one of the largest departments of Religion & Philosophy in Britain, at Manchester Grammar School. He has authored several A Level textbooks.