Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma
Global plate motion models provide a spatial and temporal framework for geological data
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …
and have been effective tools for exploring processes occurring at the earth's surface …
Evolution of the North American cordillera
WR Dickinson - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The Cordilleran orogen of western North America is a segment of the Circum-
Pacific orogenic belt where subduction of oceanic lithosphere has been underway along a …
Pacific orogenic belt where subduction of oceanic lithosphere has been underway along a …
Global plate boundary evolution and kinematics since the late Paleozoic
Many aspects of deep-time Earth System models, including mantle convection,
paleoclimatology, paleobiogeography and the deep Earth carbon cycle, require high …
paleoclimatology, paleobiogeography and the deep Earth carbon cycle, require high …
Intra-oceanic subduction shaped the assembly of Cordilleran North America
K Sigloch, MG Mihalynuk - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
The western quarter of North America consists of accreted terranes—crustal blocks added
over the past 200 million years—but the reason for this is unclear. The widely accepted …
over the past 200 million years—but the reason for this is unclear. The widely accepted …
The cordillera of British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska: tectonics and metallogeny
JAL Nelson, M Colpron, S Israel - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Cordilleran orogen of western Canada and Alaska records tectonic processes than
span over 1.8 billion years, from assembly of the Laurentian cratonic core of Ancestral North …
span over 1.8 billion years, from assembly of the Laurentian cratonic core of Ancestral North …
The Cretaceous world: plate tectonics, palaeogeography and palaeoclimate
CR Scotese, C Vérard, L Burgener… - Geological Society …, 2025 - lyellcollection.org
The tectonics, geography and climate of the Cretaceous world were very different from the
modern world. At the start of the Cretaceous, the supercontinent of Pangaea had just begun …
modern world. At the start of the Cretaceous, the supercontinent of Pangaea had just begun …
U-Th-Pb geochronology of the Coast Mountains batholith in north-coastal British Columbia: Constraints on age and tectonic evolution
G Gehrels, M Rusmore… - Geological …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Previously published and new U-Pb geochronologic analyses provide 313 zircon and 59
titanite ages that constrain the igneous and cooling history of the Coast Mountains batholith …
titanite ages that constrain the igneous and cooling history of the Coast Mountains batholith …
Plate kinematic evolution of the present Arctic region since the Ordovician
LA Lawver, A Grantz, LM Gahagan - 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Laurentian, Baltic, and Siberian blocks of the modern circum-Arctic were
scattered across a broad area between 10 S and 30 N during the Late Ordovician. Closure …
scattered across a broad area between 10 S and 30 N during the Late Ordovician. Closure …
The tectonic evolution of the Arctic since Pangea breakup: Integrating constraints from surface geology and geophysics with mantle structure
The tectonic evolution of the circum-Arctic, including the northern Pacific, Siberian and North
American margins, since the Jurassic has been punctuated by the opening and closing of …
American margins, since the Jurassic has been punctuated by the opening and closing of …
A Palaeozoic Northwest Passage: Incursion of Caledonian, Baltican and Siberian terranes into eastern Panthalassa, and the early evolution of the North American …
M Colpron, JL Nelson - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2009 - lyellcollection.org
Palaeozoic to early Mesozoic terranes of the North American Cordillera mostly originated
from three distinct regions in Palaeozoic time: the western peri-Laurentian margin, western …
from three distinct regions in Palaeozoic time: the western peri-Laurentian margin, western …