Mantle and geological evidence for a Late Jurassic – Cretaceous suture spanning North America

<p>Crustal blocks accreted to North America form two major belts which are separated by a tract of collapsed Jura-Cretaceous basins extending from Alaska to Mexico. Evidence of oceanic lithosphere that once underlay these basins is rare at the earth’s surface. Most of the lithosphere was subdu...

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Main Authors: Sigloch, K, Mihalynuk, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Geological Society of America 2017