The transfer (accretion) of materials from a subducting oceanic plate to a subduction-
accretionary complex has produced rock assemblages recording the history of the …

As zircon U-Pb geochronology has become a leading method in sediment provenance
studies and basin analysis over the past 20 years, the volume of detrital zircon data made …

ABSTRACT The North American Cordillera experienced major contractional deformation
during the Cretaceous–Paleogene, which is commonly attributed to normal subduction …

The development of the Cordilleran orogen of western North American is disputed despite a
century of study. Paleomagnetic observations require large‐scale dextral displacements of …

Abstract Late Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sandstone units are common in western
Laurentia and record initial transgression of the craton after the formation of the western …

Temporal and spatial patterns in the architecture of the Franciscan Complex provide
valuable insights into the subduction processes through which such patterns arise. The …

ABSTRACT The Pelona–Orocopia–Rand and related schists of southern California are an
archetypal example of an exhumed shallow subduction complex.'The schist'comprises …

The existing paradigm for the major ca. 56–48 Ma subduction zone reorganization in the
Pacific Northwest of North America is that:(1) the Siletzia large igneous province erupted …

The Laramide province is characterized by foreland basin partitioning through the growth of
basement arches. Although variable along the western US margin, the general consensus is …

The paleogeographic evolution of the western US Great Basin from the Late Cretaceous to
the Cenozoic is critical to understanding how the North American Cordillera at this latitude …