Evaluating tomotectonic plate reconstructions using geodynamic models with data assimilation, the case for North America

Y Li, L Liu, D Peng, H Dong, S Li - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Reconstructions of Earth's past surface kinematics are traditionally based on a combination
of relative plate motions inferred mostly from preserved seafloor information and an …

Correlative conformity or subtle unconformity? The distal expression of a sequence boundary in the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale, Henry Mountains Region, Utah …

Z Li, J Schieber - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In models of siliciclastic sequence stratigraphy, the sequence boundary in distal marine
environments, where the strata are mudstone dominated, is usually considered a correlative …

Late Cretaceous Sevier Versus Laramide Orogenies in Wyoming‐Utah‐Colorado, USA: New Insights From Basin Subsidence History

D Zhou, S Liu, L Wang, N Wan, R Steel - Tectonics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Variability in subsidence rates within Upper Cretaceous strata of the Western Interior Basin
offers crucial insights into the response of surface sedimentation styles to Sevier‐to …

Lokiceratops rangiformis gen. et sp. nov.(Ceratopsidae: Centrosaurinae) from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Montana reveals rapid regional radiations and …

MA Loewen, JJW Sertich, S Sampson, JK O'Connor… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Abstract The Late Cretaceous of western North America supported diverse dinosaur
assemblages, though understanding patterns of dinosaur diversity, evolution, and extinction …

The southern Wyoming Laramide basin: implications for long-term tectonic control on uplift and subsidence

KP Minor, RJ Steel, C Olariu… - Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An evolving tectonic setting during the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene drove the dramatic
transformation of southern Wyoming from a broad marine shelf setting to a series of …

Location, extent, and magnitude of dynamic topography in the Late Cretaceous Cordilleran Foreland Basin, USA: New insights from 3D flexural backstripping

Z Li, J Aschoff - Basin Research, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Mantle‐induced dynamic topography (ie, subsidence and uplift) has been increasingly
recognized as an important process in foreland basin development. However, characterizing …

Reevaluating the process regime in the Sego Sandstone: Sedimentological and ichnological evidence for an underemphasised fluvial signature

M Gugliotta, DS Collins, JA MacEachern… - The Depositional …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Rocks of coastal to shallow-marine origin are challenging to interpret owing to the complex
interplay of various depositional processes. This study reevaluates the relative roles of …

Tectonic, eustatic, and process controls on the stratigraphic development and paleogeographic evolution of the Mesaverde Group, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado

KP Minor - 2022 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
A combination of measured sections, well-log correlations, lithofacies, ichnofacies,
sedimentary structures, and grain-size and paleocurrent measurements were used to better …

Geological Assessment of Turonian–Coniacian Terrestrial Sedimentation Records during Climatic Recovery, Moreno Hill Formation, Zuni Basin

CD Cilliers, RT Tucker, WJ Freimuth, KA Beguesse… - 2023 - archives.datapages.com
Abstract Understanding of Upper Cretaceous terrestrial sediments within the Western
Interior Basin is advancing; however, the Turonian–Coniacian transition remains enigmatic …