Continental geology stands on the threshold of a change that is likely to be as fundamental
as plate-tectonic theory was for marine geology. Ongoing seismic-reflection investigations …

Plutonic igneous rocks of the Sierra Nevada batholith exhibit a range of Nd isotopic
composition described by εNd=+ 6.5 to− 7.6. Similar rock types from the Peninsular Ranges …

Samarium‐neodymium isotope systematics provide a means of determining the age of the
continental crust, where” age “refers to the amount of time the crustal rock material has been …

Abstract The Shoo Fly Complex, the remnants of an early to middle Paleozoic subduction
system, contains the Culbertson Lake allochthon. Included in the Culbertson Lake …

ABSTRACT U-Pb geochonologic analyses have been conducted on 648 individual detrital
zircon grains from Paleozoic and Triassic strata of western Nevada and northern California …

Mesozoic and Tertiary granitic rocks in and adjacent to the northern Great Basin (NGB) in
Nevada and Utah display a wide range of initial 143Nd/144Nd (εND) and 87Sr/86Sr (εSr) …

Estimates of shear resistance associated with lithospheric thrusting and convergence
represent lower bounds on the force necessary to promote trench formation. Three …

Summary The Andean Cordillera is the result of interaction between oceanic lithosphere,
forming the floor of the Pacific Ocean Basin, and S American lithosphere during the …

The Alexander terrane consists of upper Proterozoic (?)‐Cambrian through Middle (?)
Jurassic rocks that underlie much of southeastern (SE) Alaska and parts of eastern Alaska …

The western USA records a complex Phanerozoic history, which includes several
subduction-related orogenies with associated sedimentary basins. Older basins and the …