The Basin and Range Province as a composite extensional domain
WR Dickinson - International Geology Review, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The Basin and Range province is a composite Cenozoic taphrogen with a present
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
configuration and internal geometry derived from superimposed multiple phases of …
Nitrogen isotopes reveal independent origins of N2-fixing symbiosis in extant cycad lineages
Cycads are ancient seed plants (gymnosperms) that emerged by the early Permian.
Although they were common understory flora and food for dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, their …
Although they were common understory flora and food for dinosaurs in the Mesozoic, their …
Crust and lithosphere structure of the northwestern US with ambient noise tomography: Terrane accretion and Cascade arc development
H Gao, ED Humphreys, H Yao… - Earth and Planetary …, 2011 - Elsevier
To address the tectonic and magmatic modifications of the Pacific Northwest lithosphere,
including transformation of the Farallon oceanic terrane “Siletzia” into continent, we study …
including transformation of the Farallon oceanic terrane “Siletzia” into continent, we study …
[HTML][HTML] Eocene dike orientations across the Washington Cascades in response to a major strike-slip faulting episode and ridge-trench interaction
RB Miller, KI Bryant, B Doran, MP Eddy… - …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The northern Cascade Mountains in Washington (USA) preserve an exceptional
shallow to mid-crustal record of Eocene transtension marked by dextral strike-slip faulting …
shallow to mid-crustal record of Eocene transtension marked by dextral strike-slip faulting …
High-resolution temporal and stratigraphic record of Siletzia's accretion and triple junction migration from nonmarine sedimentary basins in central and western …
MP Eddy, SA Bowring, PJ Umhoefer, RB Miller… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The presence of early Eocene near-trench magmatism in western Washington and southern
British Columbia has led to speculation that this area experienced ridge-trench interaction …
British Columbia has led to speculation that this area experienced ridge-trench interaction …
[HTML][HTML] Laser ablation (U-Th-Sm)/He dating of detrital apatite
J Pickering, W Matthews, E Enkelmann, B Guest… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Laser ablation (U-Th-Sm)/He dating of apatite (LA-aHe) is an emerging technique
that presents a number of advantages over conventional whole-grain methods. Increased …
that presents a number of advantages over conventional whole-grain methods. Increased …
Upper-plate response to ridge subduction and oceanic plateau accretion, Washington Cascades and surrounding region: Implications for plate tectonic evolution of …
RB Miller, PJ Umhoefer, MP Eddy… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The interaction between subduction zones and oceanic spreading centers is a common
tectonic process, and yet our understanding of how it is manifested in the geologic record is …
tectonic process, and yet our understanding of how it is manifested in the geologic record is …
Latest Cretaceous to early Tertiary dextral strike-slip faulting on the southeastern Yalakom fault system, southeastern Coast Belt, British Columbia
PJ Umhoefer, P Schiarizza - Geological Society of …, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Yalakom fault system cuts the Cadwallader, Bridge River, and Methow terranes for 300
km along the northeast side of the Coast Belt in southwestern British Columbia. The fault …
km along the northeast side of the Coast Belt in southwestern British Columbia. The fault …
Linking deep and shallow crustal processes during regional transtension in an exhumed continental arc, North Cascades, northwestern Cordillera (USA)
RB Miller, SM Gordon, S Bowring, B Doran… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The North Cascades orogen (northwestern USA) provides an exceptional natural
laboratory with which to evaluate potential temporal and kinematic links between processes …
laboratory with which to evaluate potential temporal and kinematic links between processes …
Driving mechanisms for> 40 km of exhumation during contraction and extension in a continental arc, Cascades core, Washington
SR Paterson, RB Miller, H Alsleben, DL Whitney… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In the NW North American Cordillera, the Cascades core region of the Coast Plutonic
Complex underwent Late Cretaceous (> 96 Ma to locally 73 Ma) SW‐NE contraction and …
Complex underwent Late Cretaceous (> 96 Ma to locally 73 Ma) SW‐NE contraction and …