Full Title: Paleozoic and Triassic Paleogeography and Tectonics of Western Nevada and Northern California
Editors: Michael J. Soreghan and George E. Gehrels
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This volume presents and synthesizes new information concerning the paleogeography and tectonic evolution of the western U.S. during early Paleozoic through early Mesozoic time. Much of the new information consists of U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from off-shelf strata in terranes that are presently located outboard of the Cordilleran miogeocline in Nevada and California. Comparisons with detrital zircon ages in the Cordilleran miogeocline and in adjacent terranes provide new insights into the paleoposition of the terranes prior to mid-Mesozoic time. Additional articles use structural, stratigraphic, and/or geochemical information from the terranes to place tighter contstraints on their tectonic evolution. This volume will be useful to anyone interested in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Cordilleran tectonics as well as anyone interested in the methodology and utility of detrital zircon provenance work.
Published: 11/09/2000
ISBN Number: 0813723477
Pages: 252
Product Category: Special Papers