"This book contains landmark papers on the processes of formation of continental crust from its beginnings in the Archean to modern processes, as well as discussions of several ancient and modern orogenic belts. The book is international in scope, with contributions from geoscientists dealing with crustal processes on five continents, and articles from more than 50 non-U.S. authors and co-authors."--Publisher's website.

Thrust sheets that underlie the Greenville quadrangle in northeastern Georgia and in northwestern South Carolina have been selectively metamorphosed and deformed during several Paleozoic prograde metamorphic events.