Tectonic evolution of the Sevier and Laramide belts within the North American Cordillera orogenic system
The thin-skin Sevier and thick-skin Laramide belts of the North American Cordillera provide
a long-term record of the interrelations between evolving styles of mountain building and …
a long-term record of the interrelations between evolving styles of mountain building and …
The direction–correction tilt test: an all-purpose tilt/fold test for paleomagnetic studies
RJ Enkin - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
The tilt or fold test in paleomagnetism is used to infer whether paleomagnetic remanence
was acquired before or after tectonic tilting. While several tilt test formulations have been …
was acquired before or after tectonic tilting. While several tilt test formulations have been …
The Laramide orogeny: What were the driving forces?
JM English, ST Johnston - International Geology Review, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The Laramide orogeny is the Late Cretaceous to Paleocene (80 to 55 Ma) orogenic event
that gave rise to the Laramide block uplifts in the United States, the Rocky Mountain fold-and …
that gave rise to the Laramide block uplifts in the United States, the Rocky Mountain fold-and …
Thermal modelling of the Laramide orogeny: testing the flat-slab subduction hypothesis
The Laramide orogeny is the Late Cretaceous to Palaeocene (80–55 Ma) orogenic event
that gave rise to the Rocky Mountain fold and thrust belt in Canada, the Laramide block …
that gave rise to the Rocky Mountain fold and thrust belt in Canada, the Laramide block …
Lithofacies control in detrital zircon provenance studies: Insights from the Cretaceous Methow basin, southern Canadian Cordillera
K DeGraaff-Surpless, JB Mahoney… - Geological …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
High-frequency sampling for detrital zircon analysis can provide a detailed record of fine-
scale basin evolution by revealing the temporal and spatial variability of detrital zircon ages …
scale basin evolution by revealing the temporal and spatial variability of detrital zircon ages …
[PDF][PDF] Reconstructing northern Cordilleran terranes along known Cretaceous and Cenozoic strike-slip faults: Implications for the Baja British Columbia hypothesis and …
SJ Wyld, PJ Umhoefer, JE Wright, JW Haggart… - Paleogeography of the …, 2006 - Citeseer
We present a new reconstruction of the mid-Cretaceous (100 Ma) paleogeography of the
United States and Canadian Cordillera, based on (a) restoring displacements within the …
United States and Canadian Cordillera, based on (a) restoring displacements within the …
Hit-and-run model for Cretaceous–Paleogene tectonism along the western margin of Laurentia
ABSTRACT The North American Cordillera experienced major contractional deformation
during the Cretaceous–Paleogene, which is commonly attributed to normal subduction …
during the Cretaceous–Paleogene, which is commonly attributed to normal subduction …
[图书][B] Ancient landscapes of western North America: A geologic history with paleogeographic maps
RC Blakey, WD Ranney - 2017 - books.google.com
Allow yourself to be taken back into deep geologic time when strange creatures roamed the
Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic …
Earth and Western North America looked completely unlike the modern landscape. Volcanic …
Using leaf margin analysis to estimate the mid-Cretaceous (Albian) paleolatitude of the Baja BC block
The “Baja BC hypothesis”, which postulates that western Washington State, British Columbia
and southern Alaska originated at the latitude of Mexico, has pitted paleomagnetic results …
and southern Alaska originated at the latitude of Mexico, has pitted paleomagnetic results …
The Laramide orogeny: Current understanding of the structural style, timing, and spatial distribution of the classic foreland thick-skinned tectonic system
The Laramide foreland belt comprises a broad region of thick-skinned, contractional
deformation characterized by an anastomosing network of basement-cored arches and …
deformation characterized by an anastomosing network of basement-cored arches and …