The image above isfrom Greater West Images. This page contains a list of terms and concepts related to various provinces and major geologic structures in North Amrecia.

shield
craton
interior lowlands
intracratonic basins
domes, arches & uplifts
foreland basins
geosyncline
miogeosyncline
eugeosyncline
exogeosyncline
flysch
mollase
wildflysch

2 types of continental margins
passive continental margin
active continetal margin
Texas - Louisiana Gulf Coast Clastic Province
Florida- Bahama Carbonate Province
East Coast Outer Continental Shelf Province

back arc basin
volcanic arc
island arc
subduction complex
forearc basin
accretion
accretionary Prism
transform margin