• DOI:10.2475/AJS.304.2.105
Corpus ID: 128836801

Late Jurassic to Eocene evolution of the Cordilleran thrust belt and foreland basin system

@inproceedings{DeCelles2004LateJT,
  title={Late Jurassic to Eocene evolution of the Cordilleran thrust belt and foreland basin system},
  author={P. G. DeCelles},
  year={2004}
}

P. G. DeCelles

Published 2004

Geology

Geochronological, structural, and sedimentological data provide the basis for a regional synthesis of the evolution of the Cordilleran retroarc thrust belt and foreland basin system in the western U.S.A. In this region, the Cordilleran orogenic belt became tectonically consolidated during Late Jurassic time ( 155 Ma) with the closure of marginal oceanic basins and accretion of fringing arcs along the western edge of the North American plate. Over the ensuing 100 Myr, contractile deformation… CONTINUE READING

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