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 …
The Late Cretaceous to recent tectonic history of the Pacific Ocean basin
A vast ocean basin has spanned the region between the Americas, Asia and Australasia for
well over 100 Myr, represented today by the Pacific Ocean. Its evolution includes a number …
well over 100 Myr, represented today by the Pacific Ocean. Its evolution includes a number …
Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust
We present four companion digital models of the age, age uncertainty, spreading rates, and
spreading asymmetries of the world's ocean basins as geographic and Mercator grids with 2 …
spreading asymmetries of the world's ocean basins as geographic and Mercator grids with 2 …
Creation of the Cocos and Nazca plates by fission of the Farallon plate
P Lonsdale - Tectonophysics, 2005 - Elsevier
Throughout the Early Tertiary the area of the Farallon oceanic plate was episodically
diminished by detachment of large and small northern regions, which became …
diminished by detachment of large and small northern regions, which became …
Revised tectonic boundaries in the Cocos Plate off Costa Rica: Implications for the segmentation of the convergent margin and for plate tectonic models
U Barckhausen, CR Ranero… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The oceanic Cocos Plate subducting beneath Costa Rica has a complex plate tectonic
history resulting in segmentation. New lines of magnetic data clearly define tectonic …
history resulting in segmentation. New lines of magnetic data clearly define tectonic …
Drilling to gabbro in intact ocean crust
Sampling an intact sequence of oceanic crust through lavas, dikes, and gabbros is
necessary to advance the understanding of the formation and evolution of crust formed at …
necessary to advance the understanding of the formation and evolution of crust formed at …
Epeirogenic uplift above a detached slab in northern Central America
RD Rogers, H Kárason, RD van der Hilst - Geology, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
P-wave tomographic images reveal that the northern Central America highlands east of the
modern volcanic arc overlie a detached slab. Hypsometric analysis of the highlands in …
modern volcanic arc overlie a detached slab. Hypsometric analysis of the highlands in …
Middle Miocene to present plate tectonic history of the southern Central American Volcanic Arc
I MacMillan, PB Gans, G Alvarado - Tectonophysics, 2004 - Elsevier
New mid Miocene to present plate tectonic reconstructions of the southern Central American
Volcanic Arc (CAVA) reveal that the inception of Cocos Ridge subduction began no earlier …
Volcanic Arc (CAVA) reveal that the inception of Cocos Ridge subduction began no earlier …
Geodynamic evolution of the Galápagos hot spot system (Central East Pacific) over the past 20 my: Constraints from morphology, geochemistry, and magnetic …
R Werner, K Hoernle, U Barckhausen… - Geochemistry …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We report results of magnetic data from the Nazca Plate and of geochemical (major element
and Sr‐Nd‐Pb‐isotope) analyses of rocks dredged from the Galápagos hot spot tracks …
and Sr‐Nd‐Pb‐isotope) analyses of rocks dredged from the Galápagos hot spot tracks …
[PDF][PDF] Overview of plate tectonic history and its unresolved tectonic problems
“Although several of the ideas basic to the following discussion have been presented in
earlier publications, no attempt has been made to integrate these separate ideas into a …
earlier publications, no attempt has been made to integrate these separate ideas into a …