• DOI:10.1038/289276A0
Corpus ID: 27153755

Was the Laramide orogeny related to subduction of an oceanic plateau?

@article{Livaccari1981WasTL,
  title={Was the Laramide orogeny related to subduction of an oceanic plateau?},
  author={Richard F. Livaccari and K. Burke and A. Şeng{\"o}r},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1981},
  volume={289},
  pages={276-278}
}

Richard F. Livaccari, K. Burke, A. Şengör

Published 1981

Geology

Nature

Numerous models have been presented to explain the late Cretaceous/early Cenozoic Laramide orogeny, which affected the foreland region of the western cordillera within the US1. The most attractive models invoke low-angle subduction2–4, which can develop for various reasons5,6. Evidence from South America indicates that one such reason may be the subduction of buoyant ocean floor. We here extend the low-angle subduction models by attributing the shallowing of the subduction angle during the… CONTINUE READING

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