Tectonomagmatic evolution of Cenozoic extension in the North American Cordillera by Wernicke, B, England, P, Sonder, L, Christiansen, R

“…This raises the possibility that stresses inherent in the North American Plate dominated over plate-interaction forces as controls of the Cenozoic tectonomagmatic evolution of the North American Cordillera, especially in its earlier stages. © 1987 The Geological Society.…”

Spatiotemporal snow water storage uncertainty in the midlatitude American Cordillera by Y. Fang, Y. Liu, D. Li, H. Sun, S. A. Margulis

“…<p>This work quantifies the uncertainty of accumulation-season peak snow water storage in the portions of the midlatitude American Cordillera where snow is a dominant driver of hydrology. …”
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The Cenozoic climatic and topographic evolution of the western North American Cordillera by Mix, H. T., Mulch, A., Hren, M. T., Davis, S. J., Horton, T. W., Chamberlain, C. Page, Kent-Corson, Malinda Louise, Graham, Stephan A.

“…Herein we present oxygen isotope records from Cretaceous to Recent terrestrial sediments in the western North American Cordillera. The purpose of this analysis is to use oxygen isotope records to understand the coupled surface elevation and climate histories of this region through the Cenozoic. …”
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Geochemical Evolution of Eocene Lakes in the Nevada Hinterland of the North American Cordillera by Andrew S. Canada, Elizabeth J. Cassel, M. Elliot Smith

“…Abstract Eocene strata of the Elko Formation record lacustrine deposition within the Nevada hinterland of the North American Cordillera. We present a detailed geochemical stratigraphy enabled by high‐sampling‐resolution geochronology from lacus trine limestone and interbedded volcanic rocks of the Elko Formation. …”
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Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Neogene‐Recent Volcanism in the North American Cordillera by Roy D. Hyndman, Dante Canil

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The causes and mechanisms of moraine-dammed lake failures in the Cordillera Blanca, North American Cordillera, and Himalayas by Adam Emmer, Alejo Cochachin

“…The second part compares the historical moraine-dammed lake failures within three regions between 1900 and 2009: the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, the North American Cordillera, and the Himalayas. It has been found that dynamic causes are around four times more common than long-term causes although significant regional differences have been observed. …”
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Geologic field evidence for non-lithostatic overpressure recorded in the North American Cordillera hinterland, northeast Nevada by Andrew V. Zuza, Drew A. Levy, Suzanne R. Mulligan

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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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Early Cambrian sponge spicules from the Cerro Clemente and Cerro Rajón, Sonora, México by M.A.S. MCMENAMIN

“…Acid maceration and thin section analysis of archaeocyathan limestones of the Cerro Clemente and Cerro Rajón, Sonora, México, have yielded some of the most ancient sponge fossils reported from the North American Cordillera. The sponge fossils are from Unit 3 of the Puerto Blanco Formation. …”
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The utility of the Upper Triassic conodont Primatella in Tethyan-Panthalassan correlation around the Carnian-Norian boundary by Michael J. Orchard

“…Originally based on Canadian material from Black Bear Ridge in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, two key species are highlighted, and their occurrence is documented in the allochthonous Wrangellia and Alexander terranes in the North American Cordillera; in the Great Basin in Nevada, western United States; at Pizzo Mondello, Sicily, in western Tethys; and in Timor-Leste on the southeastern margin of the Meso-Tethys Ocean (northeastern Gondwana). …”
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S‐Wave Receiver Function Analysis of the Pampean Flat‐Slab Region: Evidence for a Torn Slab by A. Haddon, R. Porter

“…The Pampean flat‐slab region, located in the South American Cordillera, is an ideal locale to study the evolution of these systems due to its well‐constrained geologic history and the continuity of subduction along the western margin of the continent. …”
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Geoheritage Values of the Wairarapa “Mudstone Country”, North Island, New Zealand by Julie Palmer, Karoly Nemeth, Alan Palmer, Szabolcs Kosik

“…These are comparable to the iconic “flysch” locations of the North American Cordillera, the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Carpathians. …”
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Decarbonization related to continental arc magmatism as a possible mechanism for Cretaceous warming by Brunner, Anna Elizabeth

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The Thermal Regime of NW Canada and Alaska, and Tectonic and Seismicity Consequences by R. D. Hyndman

“…Abstract NW Canada and Alaska are the continuation of the North American Cordillera through Mexico, western USA and western Canada. …”
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Quantitative characterization of orogens through isotopic mapping by Tao Wang, Wenjiao Xiao, William J. Collins, Ying Tong, Zengqian Hou, He Huang, Xiaoxia Wang, Shoufa Lin, Reimar Seltmann, Chaoyang Wang, Baofu Han

“…We calculated the areal proportion of juvenile crust and divided the orogens into five types: (i) highly juvenile (with >70% juvenile crust); (ii) moderately juvenile (70–50%; e.g., the Altaids with ~58% and the North American Cordillera with ~54%); (iii) mixed juvenile and reworked (50–30%; e.g., the Newfoundland Appalachians with ~40% and the Lachlan Orogen with ~31%); (iv) reworked (30–10%); (v) highly reworked (<10%; e.g., the Tethyan Tibet (~3%), Caledonides (~1%), Variscides (~1%), and the Qinling-Dabie Orogen (<1%)). …”
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Mineral and isotopic (Nd, Sr) signature of fine-grained deglacial and Holocene sediments from the Mackenzie Trough, Arctic Canada by Henrik Swärd, Per Andersson, Robert Hilton, Christoph Vogt, Matt O’Regan

“…The transitional unit contains fluctuations in ɛNd (−11.0 and −14.6), reflecting enhanced input from the North American Cordillera and Canadian Shield that are not associated with elevated amounts of dolomite. …”
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Jurassic Uranium-Thorium Deposit of Peralkaline Granitic Rocks, Bokan Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska by Jaroslav Dostal

“…The complex is a circular body (~3 km in diameter) which intruded Paleozoic granitoids as well as metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks of the Alexander Terrane of the North American Cordillera. This shallow seated intrusion, which is composed of fractionated peralkaline granites, is a zoned body with a dominant core of arfvedsonite granite and a rim of aegirine granite. …”
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The relationship of sea level changes to climatic change in northeast Asia and northern North America during the last 75 ka B.P. by Stuart A. Harris

“…However, along the west side of the North American Cordillera, the Late Wisconsin glaciation only began in 29 ka B.P. but continued along the west coast until about 10 ka B.P. …”
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Structural constraints on the exhumation of the Tso Morari Dome, NW Himalaya by Clark, Ryan J

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Snowmelt velocity predicts vegetation green-wave velocity in mountainous ecological systems of North America by Donal O’Leary, III, David Inouye, Ralph Dubayah, Chengquan Huang, George Hurtt

“…We conclude that mountainous ecoregions, such as the western North American cordillera, have the highest correspondence between snowmelt and green wave velocities, compared to flatter regions such as the Great Plains and tundra. …”
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