Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab
@article{Schellart2010CenozoicTO, title={Cenozoic Tectonics of Western North America Controlled by Evolving Width of Farallon Slab}, author={Wouter Pieter Schellart and Dave R. Stegman and R. Farrington and Justin Freeman and Louis Moresi}, journal={Science}, year={2010}, volume={329}, pages={316 - 319} }
Cenozoic Tectonics The Basin and Range Province of western North America—exemplified by the alternating mountain ridge and valley landscapes across nearly the entire U.S. state of Nevada—started to form ∼50 million years ago through a series of extensions of the continental crust. Prior to that, massive mountain-building collisions at the boundary between North America and the Pacific Ocean formed a subduction zone and compressed the continent. By combining observations of global subduction…
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