How Laramide-age hydration of North American lithosphere by the Farallon slab controlled subsequent activity in the western United States
Starting with the Laramide orogeny and continuing through the Cenozoic, the US
Cordilleran orogen is unusual for its width, nature of uplift, and style of tectonic and …
Cordilleran orogen is unusual for its width, nature of uplift, and style of tectonic and …
Continuing Colorado plateau uplift by delamination-style convective lithospheric downwelling
The Colorado plateau is a large, tectonically intact, physiographic province in the
southwestern North American Cordillera that stands at∼ 1,800–2,000 m elevation and has …
southwestern North American Cordillera that stands at∼ 1,800–2,000 m elevation and has …
Construction and destruction of some North American cratons
Construction histories of Archean cratons remain poorly understood; their destruction is
even less clear because of its rarity, but metasomatic weakening is an essential precursor …
even less clear because of its rarity, but metasomatic weakening is an essential precursor …
Lithosphere–asthenosphere interaction beneath the western United States from the joint inversion of body-wave traveltimes and surface-wave phase velocities
The relation between the complex geological history of the western margin of the North
American plate and the processes in the mantle is still not fully documented and understood …
American plate and the processes in the mantle is still not fully documented and understood …
The heterogeneous upper mantle low velocity zone
H Thybo - Tectonophysics, 2006 - Elsevier
The upper mantle low velocity zone (LVZ) is a depth interval with slightly reduced seismic
velocity compared to the surrounding depth intervals. The zone is present below a relatively …
velocity compared to the surrounding depth intervals. The zone is present below a relatively …
Proterozoic evolution of the western margin of the Wyoming craton: Implications for the tectonic and magmatic evolution of the northern Rocky Mountains
Defining the extent and age of basement provinces west of the exposed western margin of
the Archean Wyoming craton has been elusive because of thick sedimentary cover and …
the Archean Wyoming craton has been elusive because of thick sedimentary cover and …
Evolutionary aspects of lithosphere discontinuity structure in the western US
We have produced common conversion point (CCP) stacked Ps and Sp receiver function
image volumes of the Moho and lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB) beneath the …
image volumes of the Moho and lithosphere‐asthenosphere boundary (LAB) beneath the …
Crustal structure and signatures of recent tectonism as influenced by ancient terranes in the western United States
H Gilbert - Geosphere, 2012 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The amalgamation of crustal blocks that composes the western cordillera of North America
has a long history of deformation across a broad zone. Investigations spanning a range of …
has a long history of deformation across a broad zone. Investigations spanning a range of …
Paleoproterozoic crust within the Great Falls tectonic zone: Implications for the assembly of southern Laurentia
PA Mueller, AL Heatherington, DM Kelly… - …, 2002 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Great Falls tectonic zone and the Vulcan structure both have been proposed as
the site of a Paleoproterozoic suture between the Archean Hearne and Wyoming provinces …
the site of a Paleoproterozoic suture between the Archean Hearne and Wyoming provinces …
Receiver function study of the crustal structure of the southeastern Caribbean plate boundary and Venezuela
We have investigated crustal thickness and composition across the southeastern Caribbean
plate boundary with the receiver function technique. We used teleseismic data recorded by a …
plate boundary with the receiver function technique. We used teleseismic data recorded by a …