The Rheic Ocean, which separated Laurussia from Gondwana following the closure of
Iapetus, is arguably the most important ocean of the Palaeozoic. Its suture extends from …

Age relations for assembly of Gondwana and Pangea indicate that the timing of collisional
orogenesis between amalgamating continental bodies was synchronous with subduction …

Water plays a critical role in erosion and sediment transport and this relationship is most
evident in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of Northern Chile, a region characterized by …

ABSTRACT The Appalachians are a Paleozoic orogen that formed in a complete Wilson
cycle along the eastern Laurentian margin following the breakup of supercontinent Rodinia …

The Killingworth dome of south-central Connecticut occurs at the southern end of the
Bronson Hill belt. It is composed of tonalitic and trondhjemitic orthogneisses (Killingworth …

Teleseismic receiver functions were calculated to image the Moho geometry in the northern
Appalachian Mountains in order to explore crustal thickness variations and possible …

The Proterozoic tectonic evolution of the southwestern USA remains incompletely
understood due to limited constraints on the timing and conditions of the tectono …

Competing end‐member models for the late Paleozoic Variscan orogeny (ca. 360‐290 Ma)
alternatively suggest moderate 2–3 km elevations underlain by relatively thin crust (< 50 km) …

Mesozoic rift basins of the Eastern North American Margin (ENAM) span from Florida in the
United States to the Grand Banks of Canada and formed during progressive extension prior …

The Laramide foreland belt comprises a broad region of thick-skinned, contractional
deformation characterized by an anastomosing network of basement-cored arches and …