Overview
The NE Pacific Ocean is considered the birthplace of many fundamental ideas for modern plate tectonics theory. In this book the orogenic belts of this region are discussed in a single, internally consistent tectonic concept. Geological information is considered the most reliable. Geophysical models are tested for compatibility with observable geological data. The new concept avoids force-fitting interpretations to preconceived assumptions regarding accreted far-traveled terranes in the Cordillera and continental-oceanic plate interactions in the entire region.
- | Author: Henry V. Lyatsky
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Apr 04, 1996
- | Number of Pages: 352 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 3540608427
- | ISBN-13: 9783540608424
