On the origin of the North Pacific arcs by B. Gelabert, F. SÀBAT, A. RODRÍGUEZ PEREA, Joan J. Fornós

“…According to our model, the ellipsoidal-shaped Paleogene basins of the South China Sea, Parece-Vela Basin, Shikoku Basin, Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk in addition to those of the North American Cordillera can be attributed to the change in plate convergence direction at 42 Ma between the Indoaustralian and Eurasian plates. …”
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