Mesozoic assimilation of oceanic crust and island arc into the North American continental margin in California and Nevada: Insights from geophysical data

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 349, Issue , 2000, Pages 365-382

  Godfrey, Nicola J ^a   Dilek, Yildirim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; LANDFORMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; COAST RANGE OPHIOLITES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONVERGENT MARGIN; GEOPHYSICAL MODELS; METAMORPHIC BELTS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FOREARC BASIN; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; OCEANIC CRUST; OPHIOLITE; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870994680     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2349-3.365     Document Type: Article

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